I'm definitely logged in, but there's no "comment" or "submit" button
anywhere! I noticed on the "permissions" page, I don't seem to have
any permission indicating I can add a comment to an existing issue.
On 2/15/06, Amy Roh <Amelia.Roh_at_sun.com> wrote:
> Hi Nathaniel,
>
> Nathaniel Stoddard wrote:
>
> >This is related to issue 257 (entity-persistence related). (Sorry if
> >this is going to the wrong place.) I was going to add a comment to
> >the existing issue, but couldn't figure out how or if it was possible.
> >
> >
> You're probably not seeing the "submit" button with additional comments,
> etc. because you're not logged in. Once you log in with your java.net
> account, the issue page should be very clear and let you submit
> comments, etc. Please try this and let me know. It's great you're
> discussing this but it'll be good to save your comments with the issue
> so others can follow up on it.
>
> Thanks,
> Amy
>
> > The issue says that a NullPointerException is being caused by
> >abstract classes that extend concrete classes. The abstract class
> >doesn't provide a @DiscriminatorValue and the code throws the
> >exception when it expects one.
> >
> >I believe the issue goes farther than that. The Javadoc for the
> >function throwing the error says that a DiscriminatorValue will
> >default to the class name if the annotation isn't present. But it
> >doesn't, ergo the NullPointerException.
> >
> >I think this is really two issues:
> >
> >1. The code should default the DiscriminatorValue to the class name
> >as it says it will.
> >2. Abstract classes shouldn't require (or default to class name) the
> >DiscriminatorValue at all. This may not even be an issue if #1 is
> >fixed.
> >
> >What do you folks think?
> >
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