Re: Modeling question

Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:35:09 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.cayenne.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Yeah, cross-DataMap inheritance is not supported. We probably *can* =
support it technically, as all DataMaps are eventually combined in a =
single namespace, but currently it doesn't work.

A.

> On Oct 12, 2025, at 5:24=E2=80=AFPM, Ricardo Parada =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I have an Attachments data map that has an Attachment ObjEntity mapped =
to the ATTACHMENT DbEntity.
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> In a separate data map named Main, I have a ClaimAttachment ObjEntity. =
 I want this to be a child of the Attachment ObjEntity.
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> In the Cayenne Modeler I click on the ClaimAttachment ObjEntity and in =
the ObjEntity Configuration section I see an Inheritance drop down.  The =
only option in that drop down is "Direct Mapping to Table/View=E2=80=9D. =
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> Shouldn=E2=80=99t this drop down list have the Attachment ObjEntity =
listed there?  The Attachment ObjEntity has the Abstract class check box =
selected.
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> Thanks in advance for any help,
> Ricardo Parada
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