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Provide some method to really update XPObjectTypes

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Q403538

Tags: .NET, Frameworks (XAF & XPO), eXpressApp Framework

Created O n :
5/23/2012 7:47:13 PM

Mo dified O n :
5/24/2012 6:09:03 PM

Marco 4 years ago

B u ild:
v2010 vo l 2.8 / 25-Ap r-2011

H i,

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In our application, we had the following situation:

Classname: "Event", Tablename "InfEvent"

XPO b jecttyp e data co rru p tio n ?

This class also had a baseclass (EventBase) and as such, it's XPObjectType.Oid was used in the EventBase.ObjectType column.

Cu sto mizeTyp eIn fo fro m a n o n Xaf

Ap p licatio n

We needed to replace the Event class by a new Event class. The old 'Events' needed to be converted to new 'Events' and as such, the old one was renamed
to InfEvent (to line it up with the name of the database table).

W o rkflo w Server Missin g Sto re

In stan ce

As we knew, we had to update the XPObjectType manually but during conversion of the 'InfEvent' objects to the new 'Event' class, it appeared that XPO
tried to load InfEvent objects from the Event table (which was still empty).
After long investigation, it appears that XPO uses 2 caches for the XPObjectTypes. One of them is in the XPObjectTypesManager (_allTypes) the other one in
BaseDataLayer.StaticData.

Th e ALTER TAB LE statemen t

co n flicted w ith th e FO REIG N KEY
co n strain t ...
Ro le class ch an ge

Changing the XPObjectType record in the database does not reload these caches, so we looked at
a way to do that manually.
The XPObjectTypesManager cache can be reset by calling a DropIdentityMap.
The Static Data dictionary in BaseDataLayer however, can only be cleared by calling ClearStaticData. This method is protected and the only calling method
is ClearDatabase, something we definitely do not want.
So, in fact there is no normal way to clear this cache without clearing the database.
IMHO, when XPO notices a change in an XPObjectType object, it should have an ability to refresh it's
cache of XPObjects as well, or refresh it automatically.
Thanks,
Marco
P.S. As a workaround, we now call ClearStaticData by using reflection, but of course this is not a good solution.

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Michael (DevExpress Support) 4 years ago

Hi Marco,
Thank you for the question. Your scenario is quite unusual and I am afraid we won't publish this internal method. Instead of clering this dictionary or clearing
the dataabse, I recommend that you create a new data layer after your type manipulations.
>>>IMHO, when XPO notices a change in an XPObjectType object, it should have an ability to refresh it's
cache of XPObjects as well, or refresh it automatically.
The XPObjectType class is defined as session-less and does not support change notifications. We have not considered such scenarios when designing the
XPO Library.

Marco 4 years ago

Hi Mich ael,
Allth o u gh i did n o t co n sider th is so lu tio n , it is n o t a so lu tio n in o u r scen ario . W e u se XPO w ith in XAF an d at th e p o in t w e u p date th e
XPO b jectTyp e tab le, th e cu rren t DataLayer may b e u sed already in several o th er Sessio n s / O b jectSp aces.
So recreatin g th e DataLayer is n o t a so lu tio n .
An yw ay, th an ks fo r yo u r in terest.

Michael (DevExpress Support) 4 years ago

Th an k yo u fo r men tio n in g XAF. I su ggest th at yo u refer to th e Ho w to : U p date th e Datab ase Stru ctu re after th e Persisten t Class o r Pro p erty
W as Ren amed o r Remo ved article w h ere similar tasks w ere discu ssed.
Sp ecifically, yo u can u se th e Mo du leU p dater.U p dateXPO b jectTyp e meth o d to u p date th is tab le. U n fo rtu n ately, it o n ly u p dates th e datab ase,
an d yo u n eed to man u ally relo ad ch an ged XPO b jectTyp e in stan ces. Yo u can do th is as fo llo w s:

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public override void UpdateDatabaseAfterUpdateSchema()
{
base.UpdateDatabaseAfterUpdateSchema();
...
_session = ((ObjectSpace)ObjectSpace).Session;
_session.CreateObjectTypeRecords(GetAssemblies());
var types = _session.TypesManager.AllTypes;
foreach (var xpObjectType in types)
{
if (!xpObjectType.Value.IsValidType)
{
_session.Reload(xpObjectType.Value);
}
}
...
}

W e w ill mo dify th e U p dateXPO b jectTyp e meth o d to au to matically relo ad XPO b jectTyp e in stan ces in th e fu tu re.
Please let me kn o w if th is h elp s.

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