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EOFFixtures.framework

Overview

This is a small framework that allows using YAML files to populate WebObjects/EOF based applications.

I found this really useful for the following use cases:

  • Development
  • Initial users for newly deployed applications
  • Marketing/demo deployments

A reference of the YAML markup language can be found here: YAML Reference.

Inspired by the fixtures mechanism in the Play! framework.

Usage

  • Add EOFFixtures to your WebObjects/WOnder application's build path (as a WebObjects framework in Eclipse).
  • Create a YAML file (default name is fixtures.yaml, you can change this via the EOFFixtures.fileName property) in your Resources folder. (For an example see the FixturesClient project.)
  • In your application's Properties, set "EOFFixtures.loadInitialData" to true or manually call Fixtures.load().
  • Pro-tip: Using different Properties.username files, you can define different fixtures for different environments.
  • To build this as a framework, you have to set ${scala.home} to your Scala install dir
  • Use the custom timestamp tags to ease the creation of NSTimestamp
  • !now for the current date (aka new NSTimestamp())
  • !ts to create a calculated timestamp, in the format <signed-number> <days|weeks|months>, for example !ts +3 days, !ts -3 weeks, !ts -1 month.

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Enjoy!

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