Re: [eclipselink-users] Question regarding setting default values with

[Tim Hollosy <hollosyt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have any specific experience doing this, but the Constructor
seems like a sane place to do this, since there's no way to create the
object without calling it's default constructor.

./tch



On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Kevin Haskett <KHaskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What would be the best way to set default values with @Embedded fields
> within a Domain object -
> @Entity
> @Table(name = "CP_TRANSACTION")
> @Cache(alwaysRefresh = true)
> @Converter(name = "boolean", converterClass =
> com.gmrc.jpa.domain.mappings.converters.BooleanYNConverter.class)
> public class CpTransaction extends BaseDomain {
>     @Embedded
>     private CpActionCode cpActionCode;
> ....
>
> @Embeddable
> public class CpActionCode implements java.io.Serializable {
>     public static final String ADD = "A";
>
>     public static final String DELETE = "D";
> ...
>     @Column(name = "ACTION_CODE", length = 1)
>     private String actionCode = CpActionCode.ADD;
>
>     /** default constructor */
>     public CpActionCode() {
>     }
>
> I would like it to default to the ADD code when a new entity is created.  Is
> it as simple as setting it in the constructor?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
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