How do Archetypes deal with duplication?

[ablyth]

I have a question about how Archetypes deal with changes, i'll try to build a good example to explain:

My Archetype has 4 Expression Rules, i wish to change these so i have edited them in IntelliJ and re-reployed to my Platform with the following changes:

Rule 1: This rule has stayed exactly the same.

Rule 2: I have updated the Name of this rule as it previously contained a typo.

Rule 3: The logic of this rule has been updated, but the name remains the same.

Rule 4: Because of the changes in Rule 3, i have removed this entry as it is no longer required.

Ok so what happens when i re-deploy this? I suspect the Platform will intelligently 'undo' the previous Archetype deployment and then apply the new package, can someone clarify that this is the case?

Thanks!

Alan

[MikeWunderlich]

Hi Alan,

I will let some more experience person correct me if I am wrong, but at present I think if we are talking about just a standard artisan project the method I have witnessed is that artisan checks if a rule named the same as one you are uploading exists.  If yes, it deletes it and then installs the new version.

So in your case I think this is what would happen:

Rule 1:  Looks exactly the same after

Rule 2:  New rule with corrected name is created.  Old rule with typo in name is likely still there.

Rule 3:  Old rule is replaced with same-named new rule

Rule 4:  This rule is no longer in your project, but is probably on the platform.

Stephen Harmon or Clint Dovholuk might be able to confirm or correct this reponse.

[sharmon]

Mike's answer is what I'd expect, too. Let's clarify some terminology. An archetype is a definition for a project. Once you instantiate it by choosing it, and bringing it down, it becomes an Artisan project. Think of it like this --> archetype is the class definition; the Artisan project is an instance of the archetype.

[sharmon]

I should clarify - Mike's answer, and my reply, apply to Artisan 6.6. Clint Dovholuk Artisan 6.8 talk hinted at some new configuration flags that will give a developer finer-grained control of how domain objects are created, deleted, and updated. Artisan 6.8 is scheduled to be released later in the year.

[ablyth]

Thanks Stephen Harmon and Mike Wunderlich, this has really helped me understand how the process works.