EOGenerator and numeric value types

[Mike Schrag]

Previously, our eogenerator templates just had "Number" as the java class in the _Person.java superclasses.  If you want proper types, above any section that refers to <$Attribute.javaValueClassName$> you can put (this is really ugly, but it works; this may wrap, but it should all be on one line):

<$identify currentValueType = Attribute.javaValueClassName$><$if currentValueType == "Number"$><$if Attribute.valueType == 'B'$><$identify currentValueType = "BigDecimal"$><$else$><$if Attribute.valueType == 'i'$><$identify currentValueType = "Integer"$><$else$><$if Attribute.valueType == 'l'$><$identify currentValueType = "Long"$><$else$><$if Attribute.valueType == 'f'$><$identify currentValueType = "Float"$><$else$><$if Attribute.valueType == 'd'$><$identify currentValueType = "Double"$><$endif$><$endif$><$endif$><$endif$><$endif$><$endif$>

and then switch to refer to <$currentValueType$> instead of <$Attribute.javaValueClassName$>.  Anyone know if there is an <$else if$> construct in MiscMerge?  It wasn't apparent if there is, hence why this looks REALLY ugly.

But with this change, you'll get BigDecimal, Integer, Double, etc instead of just Number.

ms

[Francis Labrie]

Mike Schrag wrote:
> Previously, our eogenerator templates just had "Number" as the java
> class in the _Person.java superclasses. If you want proper types,
> above any section that refers to <$Attribute.javaValueClassName$> you
> can put (this is really ugly, but it works; this may wrap, but it
> should all be on one line):
>

> [...]

>
> and then switch to refer to <$currentValueType$> instead of <
> $Attribute.javaValueClassName$>. Anyone know if there is an <$else if
> $> construct in MiscMerge? It wasn't apparent if there is, hence why
> this looks REALLY ugly.
>
> But with this change, you'll get BigDecimal, Integer, Double, etc
> instead of just Number.

And if you use Byte and Short, you can get something uglier. But you
can also use this prettier one below:

<$
identify currentValueType = attribute.javaValueClassName$><$
if currentValueType == 'Number'$><$
if attribute.valueType == 'B'$><$
identify currentValueType = 'BigDecimal'$><$
elseif attribute.valueType == 'b'$><$
identify currentValueType = 'Byte'$><$
elseif attribute.valueType == 'd'$><$
identify currentValueType = 'Double'$><$
elseif attribute.valueType == 'f'$><$
identify currentValueType = 'Float'$><$
elseif attribute.valueType == 'i'$><$
identify currentValueType = 'Integer'$><$
elseif attribute.valueType == 'l'$><$
identify currentValueType = 'Long'$><$
elseif attribute.valueType == 's'$><$
identify currentValueType = 'Short'$><$
endif$><$
endif$>

Kind regards,

--
Francis Labrie

[Mike Schrag]

Nice -- Thanks Francis ... I hadn't thought of the indenting inside
the <$ .. $>. Makes that about 100x easier to read.

ms