[Rails] Re: Alternative to ActiveRecord for populating model objects

Raf Jaf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are using Ruby on Rails for an internal project. The data for our
> model objects exists in many different data sources (database,
> mainframe, etc), so we we need to avoid using ActiveRecord.

That doesn't follow. ActiveRecord is capable of dealing with multiple
databases. What's the point of avoiding it?

> Our
> development teams built a data service layer in Java that provides
> access to our company's information. We want to place Ruby/Rails in
> front of this data service layer and integrate our model components to
> get populated from that same Java layer.
>
> So, we want to replace ActiveRecord in our model classes and replace it
> with code integrated with our Java data services framework. Is there an
> example that demonstrates how to replace ActiveRecord with Java code?

Can't you just use ActiveRecord and ActiveResource? You probably don't
need the Java framework, unless there's something I don't understand
here.

>
> Thank you

Best,
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