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Chronostamp module for Play!

Chronostamp adds magic timestamp fields to Models, like Ruby on Rails:

• created_at
• updated_at

Features

• will add timestamp magic fields (created_at and updated_at) in an unobtrusive way.
• will automatically record creation and update timestamps of database objects.
• avoid inheritance coupling just for adding two attributes.
• avoid to write @MappedSuperclass for every single model.

Note:

• SpringPlugin has a priority of 1000 and it clashes with this one if it has a priority <= 1000, that’s why this plugin has a priority of 1001

How to Use

Well it’s kind of easy, just add this module to your dependecy.yml file

If you have a legacy DB with tables that doesn’t have created_at and updated_at timestamp columns,
you can skip the creation of these magic timestamp fields by annotating the Model with
@NoChronostamp

If you control the creation of DB (Evolution, MyBatis Migrations, etc).
the timestamp columns must be of type TIMESTAMP

Testing the timestamping

Start play in test mode play test and launch a browser to “http://localhost:9000/@tests”
Done!
You may find a sample app bundled with the module

Credits

This module is inspired on Ruby on Rails magic timestamp fields and Code snippet
Keep track of JPA record creation/updates
Author: Omar O. Román