How to get an instance of Jasper PdfExporterConfiguration? - groovy

We're using JasperReports plugin for Grails to generate PDF server-side, using JasperService and JasperReportDef. We recently updated the plugin and JasperReports and discovered that JRPdfExporterParameter is now deprecated in favour of PdfExporterConfiguration
We had code like this:
def reportDef = new JasperReportDef([
name : templateName,
fileFormat : JasperExportFormat.PDF_FORMAT,
reportData : exportRows,
parameters : [
(JRPdfExporterParameter.METADATA_AUTHOR) : 'Company Name'
],
])
Deprecation JavaDoc suggests using PdfExporterConfiguration.getMetadataAuthor() instead. But it's an instance method - and PdfExporterConfiguration is just an interface! - while JRPdfExporterParameter.METADATA_AUTHOR is a static constant.
Where can I get an instance of PdfExporterConfiguration to use?

I use this (note pure java never worked with Grails):
SimplePdfExporterConfiguration configuration = new SimplePdfExporterConfiguration();
it implements the PdfExporterConfiguration and you can set the METADATA.
configuration.setMetadataAuthor("Petter");
Don't know how any other classes that implements PdfExporterConfiguration, let me know if you find some.

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GORM setup using Gradle and Groovy

Can anyone please share the steps to setup GORM using gradle and use the same in groovy ?
GORM for Hibernate has excellent documentation
Particularly the section of Using GORM For Hibernate Outside Grails
At minimum you need:
compile "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5:6.1.10.RELEASE"
runtime "com.h2database:h2:1.4.192"
runtime "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:8.5.0"
runtime "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-log4j:8.5.0"
runtime "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.10"
Entities should go under src/main/groovy
#Entity
class Person implements GormEntity<Person> {
String firstName
String lastName
static constraints = {
firstName blank:false
lastName blank:false
}
}
and then finally bootstrap the data store somewhere:
import org.grails.orm.hibernate.HibernateDatastore
Map configuration = [
'hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto':'create-drop',
'dataSource.url':'jdbc:h2:mem:myDB'
]
HibernateDatastore datastore = new HibernateDatastore( configuration, Person)

Haxe - Why can I not access a child's attribute without getting an error that the parent does not have the given attribute?

I've recently been getting into Haxe and just started to use HaxeFlixel to load a Tiled .TMX file.
I am creating a TiledMap object and passing it the TMX file path, then I want to iterate over the layers in that object to add them to the game scene. However when I try to access .tileArray (which is a property of TiledTileLayer) I get the following error :-
flixel.addons.editors.tiled.TiledLayer has no field tileArray
Here is the code:
package;
import flixel.FlxState;
import flixel.tile.FlxTilemap;
import flixel.addons.editors.tiled.TiledMap;
import openfl.Assets;
class PlayState extends FlxState
{
private var _tiled_map:TiledMap;
override public function create():Void
{
_tiled_map = new TiledMap("assets/data/Map1.tmx");
for(layer in _tiled_map.layers){
var layerData:Array<Int> = layer.tileArray;
}
super.create();
}
override public function update(elapsed:Float):Void
{
super.update(elapsed);
}
}
I've found the following example - http://coinflipstudios.com/devblog/?p=182 which seems to work fine for people.
So I wanted to check whether the layer object was a TiledTileLayer as it should be, or TiledLayer, with the following:
trace(Type.typeof(layer));
Which sure enough yields:
PlayState.hx:24: TClass([class TiledTileLayer])
So if it is a TiledTileLayer which has the field tileArray why is it moaning?
I had a look at the source code (https://github.com/HaxeFlixel/flixel-addons/blob/dev/flixel/addons/editors/tiled/TiledMap.hx#L135) and TiledTileLayer inherits from TiledLayer. Layers is an array of type TiledLayer, so I think this is why it is moaning. I can clearly see that the array is storing child objects of TiledLayer, but as soon as I access any props/methods of those children, it complains that the parent does not have that field? Very confusing!
To run I'm using this command: C:\HaxeToolkit\haxe\haxelib.exe run lime test flash -debug -Dfdb
Thank you!
So if it is a TiledTileLayer which has the field tileArray why is it moaning?
It may be a TiledTileLayer in this case, but that may not always be the case. layers is an Array<TileLayer> after all, so it could be a TiledObjectLayer or a TiledImageLayer as well (which don't have a tileArray field). This can nicely be seen in the code you linked. The concrete type can only be known at runtime, but the error you get happens at compile-time.
If you know for sure there won't be any object or image layers, you can just cast it to a TiledTileLayer. However, just to be safe, it's good practice to check the type beforehand anyway:
for (layer in _tiled_map.layers) {
if (Std.is(layer, TiledTileLayer)) {
var tileLayer:TiledTileLayer = cast layer;
var layerData:Array<Int> = tileLayer.tileArray;
}
}
It works without this for the tutorial you linked because it was made for an older version of flixel-addons.

customized error reporting in v4

Another question on migrating code from v3 to v4:
For v3, I had a customized error reporting, using code like this (in the grammar file):
#members {
public void displayRecognitionError(String[] tokenNames,
RecognitionException e) {
String hdr = getErrorHeader(e);
String msg = getErrorMessage(e, tokenNames);
System.out.println("ERR:"+hdr+":"+msg);
errCount += 1;
}
}
In v4, when compiling the generated java files, I am getting the error:
MyParser.java:163: cannot find symbol
symbol : method getErrorMessage(org.antlr.v4.runtime.RecognitionException,java.lang.String[])
location: class MyParser
String msg = getErrorMessage(e, tokenNames);
^
Is this function replaced by some other function in v4? (I saw some questions and answers on ANTLRErrorListener, but I could not get how to use it for my situation.)
The displayRecognitionError method was removed in ANTLR 4, so even if you correct the body of that method it will not do anything. You need to remove the method from your grammar entirely, and implement ANTLRErrorListener instead. The documentation includes a list of classes that implement the interface, so you can reference those and/or extend one of them to produce the desired functionality.
Once you have an instance of an ANTLRErrorListener, you can use the following code to attach it to a Parser instance.
// remove the default error listener
parser.removeErrorListeners();
// add your custom error listener
parser.addErrorListener(listener);

Extend the default behaviour of AutoMapper

I want to customise the way AutoMapper converts my types without losing the features already implemented by AutoMapper.
I could create a custom ITypeConverter instance but I can't see how to invoke the default behaviour.
Mapper.CreateMap<MyDomainObject, MyDto>
.ConvertUsing<MyTypeConverter>();
...
public class MyTypeConverter : TypeConverter<MyDomainObject, MyDto>
{
public MyDto ConvertCore(MyDomainObject source)
{
var result = // Do the default mapping.
// do my custom logic
return result
}
}
If I try to call var result = Mapper.Map<MyDto>(source) it gets into an infinite loop. I effectively want AutoMapper to do everything it normally would assuming there was no TypeConverter defined.
Any help greatly appreciated.
If you only want to customise some values on the destination object, then you're better off with a Custom Value Resolver - TypeConverters are designed to handle the whole conversion.
The doc page listed above will have enough to get you started: when you have implemented the CustomResolver you apply it like this, and AutoMapper will do the default mapping for the other properties:
Mapper.CreateMap<MyDomainObject, MyDto>()
.ForMember(dest => dest.TargetProperty,
opt => opt.ResolveUsing<CustomResolver>());

EF 5 Re-Use entity configuration

I'm trying to re-use some of the model configurations on several entities that implements a interface.
Check this code:
public static void ConfigureAsAuditable<T>(this EntityTypeConfiguration<T> thisRef)
where T : class, IAuditable
{
thisRef.Property(x => x.CreatedOn)
.HasColumnName("utctimestamp")
.IsRequired();
thisRef.Property(x => x.LastUpdate)
.HasColumnName("utclastchanged")
.IsRequired();
} // ConfigureAsAuditable
as you can see I'm trying to call the extension method "ConfigureAsAuditable" on my onmodelcreating method like this:
EntityTypeConfiguration<Account> conf = null;
conf = modelBuilder.Entity<Account>();
conf.ToTable("dbo.taccount");
conf.ConfigureAsAuditable();
When debugging i get this exception:
The property 'CreatedOn' is not a declared property on type
'Account'. Verify that the property has not been explicitly excluded
from the model by using the Ignore method or NotMappedAttribute data
annotation. Make sure that it is a valid primitive property.
Thanks in advance :)
PD:
I'm using EF 5-rc, VS 2011 and .NET Framework 4.5
I think a better approach would be to implement your own derived version of EntityTypeConfiguration. For example:
public class MyAuditableConfigurationEntityType<T> : EntityTypeConfiguration<T>
where T : class, IAuditable{
public bool IsAuditable{get;set;}
}
Then, when building your model, use that new type:
var accountConfiguration = new MyAuditableConfigurationEntityType<Account>();
accountConfiguration.IsAuditable = true; // or whatever you need to set
accountConfiguration.(HasKey/Ignore/ToTable/Whatever)
modelBuilder.Configurations.Add(accountConfiguration);

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