Re: Core Data vs. EOF

Karl <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.webobjects.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

There doesn't seem to be any issues with discussing Core Data now  
given that they have posted such detailed information on the public  
developer site.

I don't think that it can or will replace EOF from a Java  
perspective.  It would make sense, however, for Xcode 2.0's modelling  
features to ultimately replace EOModeller...

Talking to the engineers who built Core Data at last years WWDC  
(incidentally, mostly guys from the WO team), Core Data is much  
simpler than EOF and lacks the features required for operation in a  
multi-user environment.  I think that Apple would probably prefer us  
to use Core Data than the not-officially-supported Cocoa-EOF  
environment.

For example, there are no concepts of users sharing an editing  
context and the supported data sources are all single user.

I did note something interesting in the 2005 WWDC schedule though.   
They are talking about implementing custom data stores for Core  
Data.  That could get interesting...

Karl


On 5-Apr-05, at 4:42 PM, David Holt wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I see that a more detailed overview of Core Data has been posted on  
> ADC <http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/coredata.html>. It  
> seems pretty similar to EOF, but without the flexibility of  
> connecting to any SQL data source (they list XML, binary and SQLite).
>
>  "Core Data builds on some of the concepts of enterprise-class  
> database application frameworks, such as the Enterprise Objects  
> Framework in WebObjects. However, make no mistake, Core Data is not  
> an object-relational database access framework. Instead, it uses  
> concepts from the database world to take application data  
> management to a new level."
>
> Is there a relationship to EOF? Can it replace EOF? What do you  
> long-time WO developers think of this new framework on the Cocoa  
> side? What are the implications (if any) for WO?
>
> David
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