datasource loading and inheritsFrom

[tankdom]

We are using 3.0 and I have a question about Datasource.load.

If I specify a Datasource in XML that inherits from another datasource, should it not automatically resolve the parent datasource during the load? The only way I could get it to work was to specify the datasource and parent together in the Datasource.load() method. For example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<DataSource ID="adatasource"
            serverConstructor="com.mypkg.ADataSource"
            inheritsFrom="parentDS" useParentFieldOrder="true">
</DataSource>

where "parentDS" is another XML file with a basic datasource definition (i.e. a couple of fields).

I would get an error everytime I use "Datasource.load()" saying that it did not load the
parent DS (14:28:26.414:XRP2:WARN:DataSource:adatasource:DataSource adatasource inheritsFrom parentDS, but there is no DataSource of that name currently loaded. Ignoring the inheritsFrom declaration).


The only way I could get it to load was with passing in all DS in a call to Datasource.load, example:

   String[]  allDS = new String[] {"adatasource", "parentDS"};  
   DataSource.load(allDS, new Function()
                {
                    @Override
                    public void execute()
                    {
.....
                    }
                }, false);

It now means that with every XML datasource I have, I need to know the inheritance to make sure its loaded correctly, is there a reason why it couldn't determine it?

[Isomorphic]

We've added a convenience API DataSource.loadWithParents() in the latest to make this easier - you'll need a 3.1d build to try it out.

[tankdom]

Great! thanks for the quick response!