| Features similar to Sun Studio Creator 2 [message #581410] |
Fri, 28 July 2006 18:20 |
 Paul
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Registered: July 2009 |
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Hello All.
I'm currently evaluating the Sun IDE Studio Creator 2. I'm not trying
to compare Eclipse w/ DTP to Sun's IDE because that may be an
apples/oranges comparison, but one very compelling feature of the Sun
product has me wondering if there is some kind of similar functionality
in the Eclipse world.
- There is a facility in Studio Creator to define "data sources", which
essentially corresponds to a database connection (but it could be a web
service, flat file, etc), and you end up with an interface very similar
to the Data Source Explorer. However, you can do some very powerful
things when combining this tool with the visual form editor. For
example, you can drag a JTable onto a form, then drag a database table
from the Data Source section onto the JTable. This action causes the
JTable to be configured so that its underlying data model now represents
the database table, and column headings are appropriate, etc. Behind
the scenes, a "data provider" object and a "rowset provider" object are
both created automatically, and can be manipulated to represent more
than just a simple table or view (e.g join queries).
This implies an awareness/connection between the visual editing
components and the data source components in the IDE, and one which
allows our development team to very rapidly set up JSF compliant pages
which are fully integrated with our back end database.
Is anyone aware of equivalent functionality in the Eclipse IDE, or of
any plans to produce such features?
Regards,
Paul
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