Metastorage: Persistence layer API generator application http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage.html 2011-02-13T05:33:00Z http://www.meta-language.net/graphics/logo.gif http://www.meta-language.net/ MetaL: XML based meta-programming language http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#report-query-distinct-description Add an option to make the report query results return only distinct rows. 2011-02-13T05:33:00Z 2011-02-13 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#report-function-getallreportdata-description 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. 2009-11-26T03:16:56Z 2008-05-06 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-index-description Add support to generate the database schema with indexes on fields of class variables specified by the developer in the component class definition. 2008-04-13T23:43:59Z 2004-08-07 done #not-null-non-optional-reference-variables Make the reference class variables that are not optional be generated as not null table fields. 2008-04-12T05:58:57Z 2008-02-24 done #transactions-in-factory-initialize-finalize Add support to start and finish transactions in the factory initialize and finalize functions. 2008-02-24T07:00:00Z 2008-02-24 todo #one-to-one-relationship-diagrams Added arrows to diagrams of classes with one to one relationships. 2008-02-18T04:57:23Z 2008-02-18 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-cloneobject-description Add support for the cloneobject function that creates an object that is a copy of another. 2007-09-17T06:54:47Z 2007-09-15 done #createobject-form-variable-boolean-integer-decimal-float Add support to createobject forms for classes with variables of types boolean, integer, decimal, float. 2007-06-10T04:44:12Z 2007-06-09 done #limit-xml-parser-cache-path-length Change the algorithm that generates XML parser cache path to avoid exceeding Windows file path length limit. 2006-11-22T01:27:43Z 2006-11-21 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-parameter-filter-row-grouping-description Add support to use as column values the grouping functions count, sum, average, maximum and minimum. 2006-11-20T06:19:03Z 2006-11-20 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-parameter-filter-date-time-description Add support for query filter expressions using to todays' date, time and week day. 2006-11-09T03:10:22Z 2006-11-06 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#report-query-group-description Add support to group report query rows results by the values of given object variables. 2006-10-21T18:53:08Z 2006-10-21 done #delete-objects-cascade Added support to delete objects and children objects that belong to its collections recursively. 2006-08-08T22:00:00Z 2006-08-08 todo #report-boolean-columns Added missing support to report columns with boolean type value expressions. 2006-04-14T04:15:27Z 2006-04-14 done #getcollection-return-collection-workaround Change the way getcollection functions return collections of objects to avoid warnings under PHP 4.4 . 2006-04-06T06:55:30Z 2006-04-06 done #getobject-return-object-workaround Change the way getobject returns objects to avoid warnings under PHP 4.4. 2006-04-04T04:14:12Z 2006-04-04 done #unsigned-oid-table-fields Make the table fields that store unsigned integer object identifiers to be consistent with auto-increment primary keys. 2006-03-24T21:18:07Z 2006-03-24 done #fix-bug-no-class-with-all-included-classes Fix the bug of complaining with an error when all classes are defined in external files using the includeclass tag. 2006-03-23T23:39:47Z 2006-03-23 done #fix-bug-not-in-tables-in-from-clause Fix the bug of including tables of the collection of a not in operator in the main FROM clause of the generated SELECT query. 2006-03-22T00:09:41Z 2006-03-22 done #getallobjects-return-collection-workaround Change the way getallobjects functions return collections of objects to avoid warnings under PHP 4.4 . 2006-03-11T19:53:12Z 2006-03-11 done #getreference-return-object-workaround Change the way getreference returns objects to avoid returning unintended object copies under PHP 4. 2006-03-02T04:48:48Z 2006-03-02 done #reference-variable-form-select-input 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. 2006-03-01T02:40:26Z 2006-03-01 todo #fix-bug-8bit-character-encoding Fix the bug of encoding 8 bit characters incorrectly using HTML entities. 2006-03-01T02:40:26Z 2006-03-01 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-parameter-filter-operator-not-in-description Add support for the not in OQL operator. 2006-02-23T07:22:18Z 2006-02-18 done http://www.meta-language.net/xmi2ms.html Integrate the XMI to Metastorage tool contributed by Peter Howard. 2006-02-18T16:53:14Z 2006-02-18 done #disconnected-collections Add support for collections of objects without the need to define a reference variable or collection in the class of the contained objects. 2006-02-18T16:53:14Z 2006-02-18 todo #in-value-set Add support for matching a set of values of the same type in object filter expressions using the in operator. 2006-02-10T19:23:49Z 2006-02-10 todo http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-parameter-filter-operator-in-description Add support check for the presence of an object in a collection of objects related to another another object. 2006-02-10T19:23:49Z 2004-12-24 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-example.html Provide an example application that demonstrates how Metastorage can be used to build real Web applications. 2006-01-28T04:00:24Z 2006-01-28 done #theme-html-strict-dtd-compliance Cleanup the HTML templates of the themes to make them compliant with HTML strict DTD. 2006-01-18T03:39:01Z 2005-11-21 done #fix-bug-getcollection-filter-tables Fix the bug declaring incorrect table names for getcollection functions that use an object query language filter expression. 2006-01-17T18:32:16Z 2006-01-11 done #fix-bug-wrong-update-oid-parameter-type Fix the bug of updating an object using the wrong type for the OID prepared query parameter. 2005-12-30T03:23:23Z 2005-12-29 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-was-description 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. 2005-12-21T03:56:52Z 2005-11-21 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-variable-type-largedata-description Add support to define class large object variables to store large amounts of character or binary data (CLOB and BLOB). 2005-12-20T19:26:17Z 2004-10-07 done #persist-prepared-queries Use prepared SQL queries to insert or update table records of the objects to persist. 2005-12-02T03:09:11Z 2005-12-02 done #theme-separate-css Provide variantes of the pre-defined themes that use separate CSS files to define styles to be used in the theme HTML templates. 2005-11-21T00:00:00Z 2005-11-21 todo #aggregation Add support to define classes that aggregate value objects in their definition 2005-11-16T00:00:00Z 2005-11-16 todo #inheritance Add support to define classes inherited from other existing classes. 2005-11-16T00:00:00Z 2005-11-16 todo http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#factory-function-starttransaction-description Add factory function types to start and finish transactions. 2005-11-02T01:34:05Z 2003-01-18 done #custom-validation-functions Add support to perform arbitrary validation types with custom functions written in the target language. 2005-10-24T03:49:40Z 2005-10-24 todo #get-collection-oids 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. 2005-10-24T03:49:40Z 2005-10-24 todo #volatile-variables 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. 2005-10-24T03:49:40Z 2005-10-24 todo http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-custom-description 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. 2005-10-24T03:49:40Z 2005-02-13 done #get-set-reference-oid Add support to make getreference and setreference functions return OID values including when the referenced class is from another object. 2005-10-21T18:37:03Z 2005-10-16 done #table-and-field-name-mapping Add support to define the names of the tables and fields to which are mapped the classes and variables. 2005-10-16T23:45:00Z 2005-10-16 todo #fix-bug-omitted-table-names Fix the bug of omitting the table name prefix when there are multiple tables involved in a generated SQL query condition. 2005-10-11T06:28:55Z 2005-10-08 done #class-constructor-parameters 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. 2005-10-08T21:52:00Z 2005-10-08 todo #fix-bug-wrong-installschema-function-check Fix the bug of failing when the name of the installschema function of a schema class is not installschema. 2005-10-03T05:46:34Z 2005-10-01 done #add-missing-themes-directory Add the themes directory missing from the Metastorage distribution. 2005-09-29T19:09:19Z 2005-09-28 done #fix-bug-many-to-many-primary-key-fields Fix the bug of generating schemas with too many primary key fields for intermediate tables used to support many-to-many relationships. 2005-09-28T19:53:41Z 2005-09-27 done #table-name-quoting Generate SQL with quote table and field names if these use reserved words. 2005-09-21T00:50:00Z 2005-09-21 todo #metal-and-metastorage-bundle-archive Make available for download archives that bundle both MetaL and Metastorage. 2005-09-12T23:30:00Z 2005-09-12 done metal-and-metastorage-bundle-archives #commented-code-option Make the generated code contain comments depending on compiler option. 2005-09-12T04:15:54Z 2005-09-12 todo #comment-generated-code Generate code with comments that explain the purpose of each relevant section. 2005-09-12T04:15:54Z 2003-05-03 done #object-table-autoincrement-primarykey 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. 2005-09-11T23:19:59Z 2005-09-09 done #fix-bug-unique-validation-on-stored-objects Fixed bug in the generated function that implements unique validation to exclude the database row of a previously stored object. 2005-08-26T22:00:00Z 2005-08-26 done #persist-all Implement a function that would persist all dirty objects in memory. 2005-08-24T05:24:00Z 2005-08-24 todo #wordwrap-uml-diagrams 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. 2005-06-06T02:05:00Z 2005-06-05 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#report-description 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. 2005-06-05T05:33:00Z 2003-01-18 done #collection-matching-filter-expression Add support for matching objects that belong to a collection in an object filter expressions. 2004-12-24T18:00:00Z 2004-12-24 todo #external-component-object-collections Add support to specify collections of objects of classes defined in external components. 2004-12-14T03:41:33Z 2004-09-25 done #assign-automatic-variables-when-persisting Assign auto-created and auto-updated class variables when the objects are stored or updated in the persistent storage container. 2004-11-22T07:13:32Z 2004-11-22 done #fix-bug-of-confusing-command-line-with-metal-arguments Fix bug of accessing command line arguments values when the MetaL compilation arguments are meant to be accessed. 2004-11-10T04:47:09Z 2004-11-10 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-variable-component-description Add support to define reference variables of classes defined in external components. 2004-09-25T05:22:50Z 2003-01-18 done #unique-validation-index 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. 2004-09-16T01:49:53Z 2004-09-16 todo http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-variable-optional-description 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. 2004-09-16T01:49:53Z 2003-01-18 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-variable-length-description Support the specification of length limits for text variables. 2004-09-12T21:59:53Z 2003-01-18 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-variable-autocreate-description Add support to define expressions that are used to updated variables on object creation and updating times. 2004-09-12T04:11:19Z 2004-05-20 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-variable-initialvalue-description Add support to specify the initial values for variables in their class definitions. 2004-09-08T20:01:52Z 2004-05-20 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-setreference-description 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. 2004-09-07T01:30:30Z 2004-09-07 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#use-factory-variable-database 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. 2004-09-05T06:32:44Z 2004-09-05 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#id-description Add support for custom class element identifiers to facilitate detection of changes between two versions of a component definition. 2004-09-04T02:48:55Z 2004-09-04 done #fix-component-generation-path Fix the component generation path when different then the default. 2004-08-27T21:17:34Z 2004-08-27 done #installation-directories 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. 2004-08-26T00:18:52Z 2003-01-18 done #Fix-bug-of-many-to-many-relationship-delete-query Fix bug in the generation of where clauses when deleting an object of a class involved in a many to many relationships. 2004-07-30T21:35:02Z 2004-07-28 done #generate-test-suite-classes Generate test suite classes to verify whether the other generated classes work as expected. 2004-07-20T22:15:00Z 2004-07-20 todo #fix-bug-of-removefromcollection-query Fix bug of a needless bracket in a DELETE query of the removefromcollection many-to-many collections. 2004-07-20T22:05:40Z 2004-07-20 done #filter-conditional-expressions 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. 2004-07-15T00:00:00Z 2004-07-15 todo #filter-beginswith-contains-endswith Add support to text filter operators beginswith, contains and endswidth. 2004-07-15T00:00:00Z 2004-07-15 todo #fix-bug-of-metal-include-path-for-webstorage Fix bug of not setting the correct include path of MetaL from WebStorage. 2004-06-29T16:39:40Z 2004-05-29 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-troubleshooting.html Document that presents solutions for the most common troubles that Metastorage users may find. 2004-06-28T04:19:47Z 2004-06-27 done #fix-bug-of-confusing-a-colon-with-a-path-separator Fix bug of confusing a colon with a path separator that prevented Metastorage to work properly under Windows. 2004-06-27T01:47:07Z 2004-05-26 done #fix-bug-with-function-filter-non-text-arguments Fix bug of not generating the correct argument expression code for filter expressions using functon arguments other than text. 2004-06-26T02:37:03Z 2004-05-25 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#web-interface 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. 2004-06-07T08:28:16Z 2004-05-31 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-parameter-filter-description Implement and document more collection filter conditions. 2004-05-31T00:15:00Z 2003-01-18 done #fix-bug-same-class-mutual-collections 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. 2004-05-24T08:50:00Z 2004-05-20 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#generating Change the metastorage command find its installation path independently from the directory where it is being executed. 2004-05-22T09:55:00Z 2004-05-20 done #validation-equalto-isset Add support to the validation types equalto and isset. 2004-05-20T00:00:00Z 2004-05-20 todo #collection-presence-rule Support a filter and validation rule that evaluates the presence of objects of given class in a collection. 2004-05-20T00:00:00Z 2004-05-20 todo #php-5-optimized-classes Added a generation option to make the generated classes use a PHP 5 optimized syntax a features like public, private and protected members. 2004-05-20T00:00:00Z 2004-05-20 todo #prefix-class-names Added a generation option that makes the class names have a prefix based on the component name. 2004-05-20T00:00:00Z 2004-05-20 todo #require-one-class-per-component Require that at least one class is defined in a component. 2004-05-20T00:00:00Z 2004-05-20 todo #cascaded-deleting-and-persisting Add support to delete or persist all referenced objects with a single function call. 2004-05-20T00:00:00Z 2004-05-20 todo #reference-variable-not-set-validation 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. 2004-05-20T00:00:00Z 2004-05-20 todo #php-5-compliance 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. 2004-05-11T22:00:00Z 2004-06-24 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-tutorial.html Tutorial document that demonstrates how to use the generated classes to execute the most common tasks they are meant to be used. 2004-03-20T18:00:00Z 2003-01-18 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-removefromcollection-description Add support to generate a function of type removedfromcollection that removes an object from a collection. 2004-02-05T05:25:00Z 2003-05-26 done #variable-setters-and-getters Add the option to make all object variables protected and generate setter and getter functions to access them. 2003-11-22T00:00:00Z 2003-11-22 todo #object-references-form-select-fields 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. 2003-07-14T00:00:00Z 2003-07-14 todo #form-classes-uml-diagram Add the form classes to the generate UML diagrams 2003-06-29T04:18:46Z 2003-06-29 done #generated-classes-documentation Document the structure of public variables and functions of the generated data, factory, schema and form classes. 2003-06-22T00:00:00Z 2003-06-22 todo #templates-alternative-mark-text Templates use text sequences to defined where are place holders that currently are should be allowed to be used also as normal text data. 2003-06-22T00:00:00Z 2003-06-22 todo http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-faq.html Create a page for frequently asked questions about Metastorage. 2003-06-21T19:10:49Z 2003-01-20 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#form-description Document the definition of forms for creating objects. 2003-06-14T08:36:59Z 2003-05-19 done #null-in-memory-deleted-object-references Set to null the references in objects that point to objects about to be deleted. 2003-06-04T00:00:00Z 2003-06-04 todo http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-delete-description Document the class function of type delete. 2003-06-04T06:39:32Z 2003-05-25 done #delete-object-collections Add support to generate a function of type delete to also delete the objects from any collections it belongs or collections that it has. 2003-06-04T06:30:58Z 2003-05-26 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-function-addtocollection-description Add support to add objects to a collection that establishes a one to many type of relationship. 2003-05-26T18:33:48Z 2003-05-26 done #delete-object-function Add support to generate a function of type delete that removes an object from persistent storage and from memory. 2003-05-26T04:21:01Z 2003-05-25 done #object-edit-forms-generation Generate classes to handle forms to perform operations of editing objects. 2003-03-19T00:00:00Z 2003-03-19 todo #object-creation-forms-generation Generate classes to handle forms to create objects. 2003-05-19T07:25:49Z 2003-03-06 done #metastorage-class 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. 2003-05-03T10:14:15Z 2003-05-03 done #default-documentation Add support to generate documentation for the generated classes when the explicit documentation is not defined in the component description. 2003-05-03T00:00:00Z 2003-05-03 todo #countcollection-function 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. 2003-05-03T00:00:00Z 2003-05-03 todo #example-database-setup-defaults 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. 2003-04-05T08:56:52Z 2003-04-02 done #add-to-collection-object-validation Generate code to verify that the member and the collection objects are already persisted when an addtocollection function is called. 2003-03-06T00:00:00Z 2003-03-06 todo #needless-code-suppression Suppress generated code that is never necessary. 2003-03-04T09:31:46Z 2003-01-18 done #defer-object-key-generation Make the created object key generation only happen when the object is about to be stored for the first time. 2003-03-03T09:01:58Z 2003-01-18 done http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage-documentation.html#class-description Document the use of classes definitions in separate XML files. 2003-01-21T14:51:21Z 2003-01-20 done #separate-classes-definition Allow individual classes to be defined in separate XML files. 2003-01-20T04:57:24Z 2003-01-18 done http://www.meta-language.net/download.html#snapshots Automatically generate publically downloadable distribution archives from the code currently in CVS. 2003-01-19T08:31:36Z 2003-01-18 done #object-caching Add caching support to functions that get objects or collections. 2003-01-18T00:00:00Z 2003-01-18 todo #classes-documentation Add support to generate automatic documentation for the generated classes. 2003-01-18T00:00:00Z 2003-01-18 todo #constant-object-classes Add support to classes of static objects that contain static data. 2003-01-18T00:00:00Z 2003-01-18 todo #error-handling-concentration Concentrate all error handling in the factory class. 2003-01-18T00:00:00Z 2003-01-18 todo #explicit-object-keys Support the definition of object primary keys from within the class variables. 2003-01-18T00:00:00Z 2003-01-18 todo q http://www.alltheweb.com/search?advanced=1&dincl=www.meta-language.net Search in MetaL site in AllTheWeb.com