Installing an ORM

Reactor ORM

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Transfer ORM

Download the latest Transfer ORM framework at [http://www.transfer-orm.com/?action=transfer.download], then extract it to your webroot.

Create a 'transfer' directory in {webroot}/fooproject/config and also a 'transfer' directory inside {webroot}/fooproject/model.

Following that, create two new .xml files named Datasource.xml and Transfer.xml inside {webroot}/fooproject/config/transfer. Datasource.xml file contains the datasource used by your application. Fill it out like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<datasource xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../transfer/resources/xsd/datasource.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<name>FooDataSourceName</name>
<username></username>
<password></password>
</datasource>

The contents of the Transfer.xml file define the objects Transfer ORM will manage for us. See the [Transfer ORM docs] for details on this step.

Lastly, connect Transfer to ModelGlue through ColdSpring. Open {webroot}/fooproject/config/ColdSpring.xml and paste the following definitions:

 <!-- Example ColdSpring.xml for Transfer ORM in an MG:3 application -->
 <beans>
  ...
  <alias alias="ormAdapter" name="ormAdapter.Transfer" />
  <alias alias="ormService" name="ormService.Transfer" />
  <bean id="transferConfiguration" class="transfer.com.config.Configuration">
   <constructor-arg name="datasourcePath"><value>/fooproject/config/transfer/Datasource.xml.cfm</value></constructor-arg>
   <constructor-arg name="configPath"><value>/fooproject/config/transfer/Transfer.xml.cfm</value></constructor-arg>
   <constructor-arg name="definitionPath"><value>/fooproject/model/data/transfer</value></constructor-arg>
  </bean>
 </beans>

You should now be able to use ModelGlue [Generic Database Messages] and [Scaffolds] powered by Transfer ORM in your application.

References http://www.nodans.com/index.cfm/2007/7/24/Installing-Transfer-in-ModelGlueUnity