[Nitro] Og inheritance

[Darrick W]

When I want to have a column that is essentially overridden like that,
I do something more like the following:

class A
 property   :foo, String
 schema_inheritance
 def bar=(v); end
 def bar; nil; end
end

class B < A
 property   :bar_string, String
 def bar=(v); self.bar_string = v; end
 def bar; self.bar_string; end
end

class C < A
 property   :bar_int, Integer
 def bar=(v); self.bar_int = v; end
 def bar; self.bar_int; end
end


Technically, that behaviour could be generated from the schema you
gave, but Og currently isn't doing it.  I'd love to hear whether
George is planning anything along those lines.

As for whether it's worthwhile, I think this is far better than
simulating the same thing on your own if your design calls for it.

Cheers,
Darrick


On 9/13/06, Jon A. Lambert <jlsysinc at alltel.net> wrote:
> Name collisions are a problem in OG inheritence.
>
> Example:
> -cut-
> require 'og'
>
> class A
>   property   :foo, String
>   schema_inheritance
> end
> class B < A
>   property   :bar, String
> end
> class C < A
>   property   :bar, Integer
> end
>
> Og.setup(
>   :destroy => true,
>   :store => :psql,
>   :user => 'zzzzzzzz',
>   :password => 'zzzzzzzz',
>   :name => 'test',
>   :evolve_schema => true
> )
>
> test-# \d oga
>                                   Table "public.oga"
>  Column |         Type          |                      Modifiers
> --------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------
>  ogtype | character varying(50) |
>  foo    | text                  |
>  oid    | integer               | not null default
> nextval('public.oga_oid_seq'::text)
>  bar    | text                  |
> Indexes:
>     "oga_pkey" primary key, btree (oid)
>
> -cut-
>
> I wonder if one is better off not using schema_inheritance and instead
> letting it create a table per class.
>
> What are the pros and cons?
>
> --
> J. Lambert
>
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