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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:32:12 -0500
Subject: Maven: Properties not available until late in app startup sequence
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To: WebObjects & WOnder Development <webobjects-dev@wocommunity.org>

Hi Everyone,=20

There is a difference in the startup processing of properties when I =
launch our app in Eclipse using ANT vs Maven. Anyone know why this might =
be?=20

Our properties file has defined: =
er.extensions.ERXClassDescription.factoryClass

Which is supposed to direct this call: =
ERXEntityClassDescription.registerDescription()

But when it is time to register, the following returns null: =
ERXProperties.stringForKey("er.extensions.ERXClassDescription.factoryClass=
=E2=80=9D)

Later, such as in installPatches() or finishInitilization(), the =
property has a value. So the app does find the property but not in the =
early part when its really needed.=20

I have a hunch that the order of frameworks loading is brittle and =
causes this behavior. We have several apps which share a =E2=80=9Ccore=E2=80=
=9D framework which is where the Properties file is stored and makes the =
declaration. I think with ANT, our core framework initialized before =
ERExtensions and now, with Maven, the opposite is true. I don=E2=80=99t =
know this for a fact but it=E2=80=99s what I suspect.=20

If I redeclare the property in a particular apps Properties file, then =
ERXEntityClassDescription.registerDescription() can determine the =
override. It=E2=80=99s a temporary workaround but it means I need to =
duplicate all the properties that used to be in CORE by putting them =
into each app's properties.=20=