Re: Model simplification - single file, no DataNodes?

Hi Jurgen,

Thanks for the feedback. I actually thought this was the least =
controversial change of the three :)=20

My thinking is that XML is about "mapping" between DB and Java, whereas =
callbacks are 100% about runtime object behavior unrelated to mapping. =
So it naturally belongs in Java and doesn't require an additional ORM =
abstraction (FWIW, I'd even get rid of annotations and let objects =
implement explicit callback interfaces for clarity and ease of =
processing). A similar earlier precedent was when we removed modeling of =
"listener" (non-entity) callbacks in XML in favor of doing it in the =
code.

Andrus


> On Jul 12, 2026, at 4:16=E2=80=AFAM, Jurgen Doll =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi Andrus
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> With regards to (3) the "Removal of ObjEntity callbacks support from =
XML" I'm not particularly in favour of this.
> I like seeing in the model which ObjEntity have whatever callbacks =
allocated to them.
> It's like having one source of truth wrt the model, if it's removed =
then one has to switch between XML model and implementation to see this =
information.
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> Thanks, regards
> Jurgen