[CAY-2618] Unstable property ordering in generated classes

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.RC1
• Fix Version/s: 4.1.RC1, 4.2.M1
• Environment: CayenneModeler 4.1.B3-SNAPSHOT, Aug 23 build
• Assignee: Nikita Timofeev
• Reporter: Andrus Adamchik
• Created: 14/Sep/19 08:20
• Updated: 17/Sep/19 19:43
• Resolved: 17/Sep/19 19:43

Description

I am using CayenneModeler 4.1, Aug 23 build. When doing class generation I often get property ordering that is not alphabetic. Moreover when I change something in the entities, and regenerate classes, ordering of the existing properties may change again.

Eventually it seems to settle on the alphabetical order, bit the initial order (usually right after dbimport step) may be wrong. E.g.:

-    public static final Property<String> NAME = Property.create("name", String.class);
     public static final Property<Boolean> BILLABLE = Property.create("billable", Boolean.class);
+    public static final Property<String> NAME = Property.create("name", String.class);

I think this is kind of important to fix prior to 4.1 RC1, as this creates noise in the project git history.