Re: [mdr-users] MOFIDs in MDR

Martin Matula <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:14:28 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.java.netbeans.modules.mdr.user
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Hi Santiago,

Santiago Gil wrote:

>Hello, 
> 
>I have a question about the MOFIDs management in MDR. Imagine the following
>scenarioâ€¦
> 
>-          I have 2 MDRs running in a separate JVM (Java Virtual Machine).
>-          First I load a metamodel into the first one ant then I create an
>instance of it using the JMI interfaces.
>-          Then I export from that repository both the metamodel and the
>instance I created.
>-          Now in the other repository I import the metamodel and the
>instance I exported from the last repository.
>  
>
I guess you are talking about XMI import/export. Is that right?

> 
>Question: Will the MOFIDs ( mdr.getByMOFID() method ) in the 2 repositories
>be the same for each object in the repository?
>  
>
The ids will not be the same.

>If not, how can I make them be the same?
>  
>
Unfortunatelly you can't. MOFID is a generated identifier which cannot 
be set from outside.
Martin