Metastorage project progress

Distinct report query rows

2011-02-13T05:33:00Z

Add an option to make the report query results return only distinct rows.

Reports associative arrays results

2009-11-26T03:16:56Z

Add support to make report class functions return associative arrays with the name of the columns as indexes of the results for each result row.

Support for class variables indexes

2008-04-13T23:43:59Z

Add support to generate the database schema with indexes on fields of class variables specified by the developer in the component class definition.

Not null non-optional reference variables

2008-04-12T05:58:57Z

Make the reference class variables that are not optional be generated as not null table fields.

Transactions in factory initialize finalize

2008-02-24T07:00:00Z

Add support to start and finish transactions in the factory initialize and finalize functions.

One to one relationship diagrams

2008-02-18T04:57:23Z

Added arrows to diagrams of classes with one to one relationships.

Object cloning

2007-09-17T06:54:47Z

Add support for the cloneobject function that creates an object that is a copy of another.

createobject forms with variables of types boolean, integer, decimal, float

2007-06-10T04:44:12Z

Add support to createobject forms for classes with variables of types boolean, integer, decimal, float.

Limit XML parser cache path length

2006-11-22T01:27:43Z

Change the algorithm that generates XML parser cache path to avoid exceeding Windows file path length limit.

Report column grouping functions

2006-11-20T06:19:03Z

Add support to use as column values the grouping functions count, sum, average, maximum and minimum.

Date and time filter expressions

2006-11-09T03:10:22Z

Add support for query filter expressions using to todays' date, time and week day.

Report grouping

2006-10-21T18:53:08Z

Add support to group report query rows results by the values of given object variables.

Delete objects in cascade

2006-08-08T22:00:00Z

Added support to delete objects and children objects that belong to its collections recursively.

Report boolean columns

2006-04-14T04:15:27Z

Added missing support to report columns with boolean type value expressions.

getcollection return collection workaround

2006-04-06T06:55:30Z

Change the way getcollection functions return collections of objects to avoid warnings under PHP 4.4 .

getobject return object workaround

2006-04-04T04:14:12Z

Change the way getobject returns objects to avoid warnings under PHP 4.4.

Make all OID table fields unsigned

2006-03-24T21:18:07Z

Make the table fields that store unsigned integer object identifiers to be consistent with auto-increment primary keys.

Fix bug of complaining with an error when all classes are defined with includeclass

2006-03-23T23:39:47Z

Fix the bug of complaining with an error when all classes are defined in external files using the includeclass tag.

Fix bug of including not in collection tables in main from clause

2006-03-22T00:09:41Z

Fix the bug of including tables of the collection of a not in operator in the main FROM clause of the generated SELECT query.

getallobjects return collection workaround

2006-03-11T19:53:12Z

Change the way getallobjects functions return collections of objects to avoid warnings under PHP 4.4 .

getreference return object workaround

2006-03-02T04:48:48Z

Change the way getreference returns objects to avoid returning unintended object copies under PHP 4.

Support reference variables in forms using select inputs

2006-03-01T02:40:26Z

Add support to generate forms for creating objects to assign reference variables to objects to be chosen using form select inputs with all eligible objects.

Fix bug of 8 bit character encoding

2006-03-01T02:40:26Z

Fix the bug of encoding 8 bit characters incorrectly using HTML entities.

Not in filter expression

2006-02-23T07:22:18Z

Add support for the not in OQL operator.

Integrate XMI to Metastorage contributed tool

2006-02-18T16:53:14Z

Integrate the XMI to Metastorage tool contributed by Peter Howard.

Disconnected collections

2006-02-18T16:53:14Z

Add support for collections of objects without the need to define a reference variable or collection in the class of the contained objects.

In value set filter expression

2006-02-10T19:23:49Z

Add support for matching a set of values of the same type in object filter expressions using the in operator.

In collection filter expression

2006-02-10T19:23:49Z

Add support check for the presence of an object in a collection of objects related to another another object.

Metastorage example application

2006-01-28T04:00:24Z

Provide an example application that demonstrates how Metastorage can be used to build real Web applications.

Make the HTML of the themes HTML strict DTD compliant

2006-01-18T03:39:01Z

Cleanup the HTML templates of the themes to make them compliant with HTML strict DTD.

Fix bug of getcollection filter tables

2006-01-17T18:32:16Z

Fix the bug declaring incorrect table names for getcollection functions that use an object query language filter expression.

Fix bug of updating object using wrong type for OID parameter

2005-12-30T03:23:23Z

Fix the bug of updating an object using the wrong type for the OID prepared query parameter.

Class schema table renaming

2005-12-21T03:56:52Z

Add support to the was attribute to tell the schema manager to rename a table or a field when the respective class, variable or collection is renamed.

Large object variables (CLOB and BLOB)

2005-12-20T19:26:17Z

Add support to define class large object variables to store large amounts of character or binary data (CLOB and BLOB).

Prepared queries to persist objects

2005-12-02T03:09:11Z

Use prepared SQL queries to insert or update table records of the objects to persist.

Themes with separate CSS files

2005-11-21T00:00:00Z

Provide variantes of the pre-defined themes that use separate CSS files to define styles to be used in the theme HTML templates.

Aggregation

2005-11-16T00:00:00Z

Add support to define classes that aggregate value objects in their definition

Inheritance

2005-11-16T00:00:00Z

Add support to define classes inherited from other existing classes.

Transaction support

2005-11-02T01:34:05Z

Add factory function types to start and finish transactions.

Custom validation functions

2005-10-24T03:49:40Z

Add support to perform arbitrary validation types with custom functions written in the target language.

Get collection object identifiers

2005-10-24T03:49:40Z

Add support to let getcollection objects return an array of object identifier values instead of object references, in a way that would work for collections of external component class objects.

Volatile class variables

2005-10-24T03:49:40Z

Add support to create volatile variables to data classes to be used for auxiliary customization purposes. Volatile variables are not persisted but may have either private, public or package access permissions.

Custom functions

2005-10-24T03:49:40Z

Add support to let component designers add custom class functions that are defined using handwritten code in PHP or another target language to implement arbitrary customizations of the generated classes.

Get and set reference variables OID

2005-10-21T18:37:03Z

Add support to make getreference and setreference functions return OID values including when the referenced class is from another object.

Table and field name mapping

2005-10-16T23:45:00Z

Add support to define the names of the tables and fields to which are mapped the classes and variables.

Fix bug of omitting names in queries of multiple tables

2005-10-11T06:28:55Z

Fix the bug of omitting the table name prefix when there are multiple tables involved in a generated SQL query condition.

Class constructor parameters

2005-10-08T21:52:00Z

Add support to let the class constructor functions, defined in the factory as createobject functions, take parameters to set the initial values of class variables.

Fix bug of the wrong installschema function check

2005-10-03T05:46:34Z

Fix the bug of failing when the name of the installschema function of a schema class is not installschema.

Add the missing themes directory

2005-09-29T19:09:19Z

Add the themes directory missing from the Metastorage distribution.

Fix bug in many-to-many relationship table primary keys

2005-09-28T19:53:41Z

Fix the bug of generating schemas with too many primary key fields for intermediate tables used to support many-to-many relationships.

Table name quoting

2005-09-21T00:50:00Z

Generate SQL with quote table and field names if these use reserved words.

Bundle MetaL and Metastorage in the same archive.

2005-09-12T23:30:00Z

Make available for download archives that bundle both MetaL and Metastorage.

Make commented code optional

2005-09-12T04:15:54Z

Make the generated code contain comments depending on compiler option.

Add comments to the generated code

2005-09-12T04:15:54Z

Generate code with comments that explain the purpose of each relevant section.

Generate object tables with auto-increment and primary keys

2005-09-11T23:19:59Z

Generate database tables to store the persistent objects that use auto-increment fields and primary keys for the object identifier fields instead of sequences and unique indexes.

Fix bug of unique validation on stored objects

2005-08-26T22:00:00Z

Fixed bug in the generated function that implements unique validation to exclude the database row of a previously stored object.

Persist all objects function

2005-08-24T05:24:00Z

Implement a function that would persist all dirty objects in memory.

Word wrap lines of UML class diagrams

2005-06-06T02:05:00Z

Make the lines of functions and variables of UML class diagrams do not exceed a given length limit and break exceeding line to prevent class diagrams becoming too wide.

Report classes

2005-06-05T05:33:00Z

Add support to generate report classes with functions that return data from groups of objects of multiple classes to generate custom presentation reports or perform bulk processing on object data.

Collection matching filter expression

2004-12-24T18:00:00Z

Add support for matching objects that belong to a collection in an object filter expressions.

Collections of objects of external components

2004-12-14T03:41:33Z

Add support to specify collections of objects of classes defined in external components.

Assign automatic variables when persisting

2004-11-22T07:13:32Z

Assign auto-created and auto-updated class variables when the objects are stored or updated in the persistent storage container.

Fix bug of confusing command line with MetaL arguments

2004-11-10T04:47:09Z

Fix bug of accessing command line arguments values when the MetaL compilation arguments are meant to be accessed.

External components reference variable classes

2004-09-25T05:22:50Z

Add support to define reference variables of classes defined in external components.

Unique validation index

2004-09-16T01:49:53Z

Add support to associate an index to class variables involved in a validation rule of type unique to make the validation database lookup query faster.

Optional variables

2004-09-16T01:49:53Z

Add support to specify whether a class variable is optional and make the function type persist verify and fail in case a required (not optional) is not initialized.

Length limited text variables

2004-09-12T21:59:53Z

Support the specification of length limits for text variables.

Class variable automatic expressions

2004-09-12T04:11:19Z

Add support to define expressions that are used to updated variables on object creation and updating times.

Class variable initial values

2004-09-08T20:01:52Z

Add support to specify the initial values for variables in their class definitions.

Make setreference functions fail with unsaved references

2004-09-07T01:30:30Z

Make the setreference type of functions return a boolean success value, failing when it is passed a reference object argument that was not yet saved for its first time.

External database connection initialization and reuse

2004-09-05T06:32:44Z

Add support for specifiying a database access handle to a factory class of a previously setup database connection to permit reusing database access handles instead of creating a different one for each component.

Class element identifiers

2004-09-04T02:48:55Z

Add support for custom class element identifiers to facilitate detection of changes between two versions of a component definition.

Fix component generation path

2004-08-27T21:17:34Z

Fix the component generation path when different then the default.

Installation directories

2004-08-26T00:18:52Z

Add options --install, --graph to to metastorage command to specify the directories where the generated code and UML diagram graph are created. The internal build generated and cache files are generated in the work directory of Metastorage installation.

Fix bug of many to many relationship delete query

2004-07-30T21:35:02Z

Fix bug in the generation of where clauses when deleting an object of a class involved in a many to many relationships.

Generate test suite classes

2004-07-20T22:15:00Z

Generate test suite classes to verify whether the other generated classes work as expected.

Fix bug of removefromcollection query

2004-07-20T22:05:40Z

Fix bug of a needless bracket in a DELETE query of the removefromcollection many-to-many collections.

Support filter conditional expressions

2004-07-15T00:00:00Z

Add support for using filter conditional expressions that may or may not be evaluated at runtime depending on the value of a condition also expressed at the run time.

Support filter operators beginswith, contains and endswidth

2004-07-15T00:00:00Z

Add support to text filter operators beginswith, contains and endswidth.

Fix bug of MetaL include path for WebStorage

2004-06-29T16:39:40Z

Fix bug of not setting the correct include path of MetaL from WebStorage.

Metastorage troubleshooting guide

2004-06-28T04:19:47Z

Document that presents solutions for the most common troubles that Metastorage users may find.

Fix bug of confusing a colon with a path separator

2004-06-27T01:47:07Z

Fix bug of confusing a colon with a path separator that prevented Metastorage to work properly under Windows.

Fix bug with function filter non-text arguments

2004-06-26T02:37:03Z

Fix bug of not generating the correct argument expression code for filter expressions using functon arguments other than text.

Provide a Web interface to Metastorage

2004-06-07T08:28:16Z

Provide a Web interface to Metastorage so users that cannot use PHP from the command line can still use Metastorage accessing a local Web server.

Object retrieval filters

2004-05-31T00:15:00Z

Implement and document more collection filter conditions.

Fix bug with mutual collections of the same class

2004-05-24T08:50:00Z

Fix a bug of generating fields with the same name for the intermediate table that is used to establish mutual collections when the involved collections are of the same class.

Make metastorage command relocatable

2004-05-22T09:55:00Z

Change the metastorage command find its installation path independently from the directory where it is being executed.

Support validation types equalto and isset

2004-05-20T00:00:00Z

Add support to the validation types equalto and isset.

Support a rule to evaluates the presence of objects in collections

2004-05-20T00:00:00Z

Support a filter and validation rule that evaluates the presence of objects of given class in a collection.

Generate PHP 5 optimized classes

2004-05-20T00:00:00Z

Added a generation option to make the generated classes use a PHP 5 optimized syntax a features like public, private and protected members.

Add class name prefix

2004-05-20T00:00:00Z

Added a generation option that makes the class names have a prefix based on the component name.

Require one class per component

2004-05-20T00:00:00Z

Require that at least one class is defined in a component.

Support cascaded object deleting and persisting

2004-05-20T00:00:00Z

Add support to delete or persist all referenced objects with a single function call.

Support reference variables not set validation

2004-05-20T00:00:00Z

Add support to a validation type that verifies whether a reference variable is set to an actual object to enforce a 1 to 1 relationship.

PHP 5 compliance

2004-05-11T22:00:00Z

Add the necessary workarounds or find and report PHP 5 bugs to make MetaL engine and the modules used by Metastorage work correctly when Metastorage generator is executed with PHP 5.

Metastorage tutorial

2004-03-20T18:00:00Z

Tutorial document that demonstrates how to use the generated classes to execute the most common tasks they are meant to be used.

Remove an object from collection function

2004-02-05T05:25:00Z

Add support to generate a function of type removedfromcollection that removes an object from a collection.

Accessing variables via setter and getter functions

2003-11-22T00:00:00Z

Add the option to make all object variables protected and generate setter and getter functions to access them.

Support object references in forms using select fields

2003-07-14T00:00:00Z

Add the option to generate form select fields for form reference variables or collections that list variable values of part or all of the referenced objects.

Form classes in UML diagrams

2003-06-29T04:18:46Z

Add the form classes to the generate UML diagrams

Generated classes documentation

2003-06-22T00:00:00Z

Document the structure of public variables and functions of the generated data, factory, schema and form classes.

Templates alternative mark text

2003-06-22T00:00:00Z

Templates use text sequences to defined where are place holders that currently are should be allowed to be used also as normal text data.

Frequently asked questions

2003-06-21T19:10:49Z

Create a page for frequently asked questions about Metastorage.

Document object forms generation

2003-06-14T08:36:59Z

Document the definition of forms for creating objects.

Null in memory deleted object references

2003-06-04T00:00:00Z

Set to null the references in objects that point to objects about to be deleted.

Document delete object function

2003-06-04T06:39:32Z

Document the class function of type delete.

Delete object collections

2003-06-04T06:30:58Z

Add support to generate a function of type delete to also delete the objects from any collections it belongs or collections that it has.

Add objects in one to many addtocollection

2003-05-26T18:33:48Z

Add support to add objects to a collection that establishes a one to many type of relationship.

Delete object function

2003-05-26T04:21:01Z

Add support to generate a function of type delete that removes an object from persistent storage and from memory.

Object edit forms generation

2003-03-19T00:00:00Z

Generate classes to handle forms to perform operations of editing objects.

Object creation forms generation

2003-05-19T07:25:49Z

Generate classes to handle forms to create objects.

Metastorage class

2003-05-03T10:14:15Z

Move the code of metastorage script to a separate class file and document it so it can also be used by other applications that will integrate Metastorage.

Default documentation

2003-05-03T00:00:00Z

Add support to generate documentation for the generated classes when the explicit documentation is not defined in the component description.

Add countcollection function

2003-05-03T00:00:00Z

Add support to generate a function of type countcollection that returns the number of objects contained in a given collection or class eventually filtering out objects according to a criteria to be specified as an option.

Example database setup defaults

2003-04-05T08:56:52Z

Make the database setup defaults in the generated global options file already be set to an example database connection string for MySQL and a database name with the same name of the generated component.

Add to collection object validation

2003-03-06T00:00:00Z

Generate code to verify that the member and the collection objects are already persisted when an addtocollection function is called.

Needless code suppression

2003-03-04T09:31:46Z

Suppress generated code that is never necessary.

Defer object key generation

2003-03-03T09:01:58Z

Make the created object key generation only happen when the object is about to be stored for the first time.

Document separate classes definition

2003-01-21T14:51:21Z

Document the use of classes definitions in separate XML files.

Separate classes definition

2003-01-20T04:57:24Z

Allow individual classes to be defined in separate XML files.

Daily CVS snapshot archives

2003-01-19T08:31:36Z

Automatically generate publically downloadable distribution archives from the code currently in CVS.

Object caching

2003-01-18T00:00:00Z

Add caching support to functions that get objects or collections.

Classes documentation

2003-01-18T00:00:00Z

Add support to generate automatic documentation for the generated classes.

Constant object classes

2003-01-18T00:00:00Z

Add support to classes of static objects that contain static data.

Error handling concentration

2003-01-18T00:00:00Z

Concentrate all error handling in the factory class.

Explicit object keys

2003-01-18T00:00:00Z

Support the definition of object primary keys from within the class variables.