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| Features similar to Sun Studio Creator 2 [message #20298] |
Fri, 28 July 2006 14:20  |
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Originally posted by: paul.mis.com
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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| Re: Features similar to Sun Studio Creator 2 [message #20397 is a reply to message #20298] |
Tue, 08 August 2006 21:44  |
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Originally posted by: john.graham.sybase.com
Paul wrote:
> 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
Hi Paul:
These sound like great features for a project like DTP, but they currently
are not in our plans. There has been some talk in the community about
integration between DTP and Java development, but we haven't yet reached a
critical mass where something can be done about it.
Regards,
John Graham
Eclipse Data Tools Platform PMC Chair
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| Re: Features similar to Sun Studio Creator 2 [message #20434 is a reply to message #20397] |
Mon, 14 August 2006 04:37 |
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Isn't this called JDBC in Java ? :)
You just need the proper driver.
/max
> Paul wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Hi Paul:
>
> These sound like great features for a project like DTP, but they
> currently are not in our plans. There has been some talk in the
> community about integration between DTP and Java development, but we
> haven't yet reached a critical mass where something can be done about it.
>
> Regards,
> John Graham
> Eclipse Data Tools Platform PMC Chair
>
>
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| Re: Features similar to Sun Studio Creator 2 [message #581638 is a reply to message #20298] |
Tue, 08 August 2006 21:44 |
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Paul wrote:
> 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
Hi Paul:
These sound like great features for a project like DTP, but they currently
are not in our plans. There has been some talk in the community about
integration between DTP and Java development, but we haven't yet reached a
critical mass where something can be done about it.
Regards,
John Graham
Eclipse Data Tools Platform PMC Chair
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| Re: Features similar to Sun Studio Creator 2 [message #581733 is a reply to message #20397] |
Mon, 14 August 2006 04:37 |
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Isn't this called JDBC in Java ? :)
You just need the proper driver.
/max
> Paul wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Hi Paul:
>
> These sound like great features for a project like DTP, but they
> currently are not in our plans. There has been some talk in the
> community about integration between DTP and Java development, but we
> haven't yet reached a critical mass where something can be done about it.
>
> Regards,
> John Graham
> Eclipse Data Tools Platform PMC Chair
>
>
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