Dynamic re-creation of Entity/View Objects
306455Oct 5 2004 — edited Oct 7 2004Does anybody know if the following is possible with JDeveloper/ADF, and if so, any suggestions on where to start?
My boss wants to be able to re-define a series of database views dynamically at any time, adding/removing columns. This will be handled by PL/SQL etc so it is not part of the JDeveloper question.
But he then wants the J2EE Swing GUI application to be able to "see" the changes to the view immediately e.g. to display new fields on the client form, without having to re-compile any code.
The Swing GUI appears to be a given, unfortunately as it would be easier to re-create at least the GUI dynamically using JSP etc.
Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to pass the database changes through the J2EE tiers e.g. how do I dynamically re-define the Entity Object based on the modified view, without re-compiling it? How do I reflect these changes in the corresponding View Object(s)?
Personally I think this requirement will be the death of the project, as it will absorb 95% of our limited intellectual/Java resources for 5% of the functionality: Welcome to Dilbertland!
But given this requirement, does anybody out there have any ideas?
Thanks,
Chris