on-the-fly creating/modifying DataSource XMLs on the server side

[csillag]

Dear Isomorphic,

I would like to create (or modify) the ds.xml files in shared/ds on the fly.

(Of course, this only makes sense before the client downloads the DS, so this would happen right after server startup.)

I could mess with the XML file directly, but I guess there must be some higher-level way of doing this. (For example, VisualBuilder is saving such DS XML files.)

What is the recommended approach for doing this?

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Background: the current concept of DataSources is indeed a powerful and well thought-out one, but I still miss some of the features of my previous (home-made) framework. Specifically, when handling relationships between entities, I would like to describe things on a higher level than I currently have to. So, instead of adding SQL templates manually (and so on), I would like to do this automatically, based on some other configuration.

[jay.l.fisher]

Take a look at this thread.

[csillag]

Take a look at this thread.

Thank you for the link!
It's certainly relevant.

However, the information in the thread almost raises more questions than it answers. I will post these questions there, to avoid fragmentation.