[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (EJBTHREE-652) JPA Is Requiring That Entity Bean Name Matches Table Name for @NamedQuery

[Sascha Goldsmith (JIRA)]

JPA Is Requiring That Entity Bean Name Matches Table Name for @NamedQuery
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                 Key: EJBTHREE-652
                 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-652
             Project: EJB 3.0
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: EJB3 Extensions
    Affects Versions: EJB 3.0 RC7 - FD
         Environment: JBoss-AS 4.0.4-GA.
            Reporter: Sascha Goldsmith
            Priority: Minor


I created an entity bean with its own unique Java name.  This differed from the actual table name.  The following named query produces a org.hibernate.hql.ast.QuerySyntaxException when the bean is deployed:

@Entity					(name="ErrorAuditRecord")
@Table 					(name="error_audit")
@NamedQueries			({
	@NamedQuery (name="findAllErrors", query="SELECT o FROM ErrorAuditRecord o")
))

In order to get it to work, I am forced to name my Java POJO the same name as the table's name:

@Entity					(name="Error_Eudit")
@Table 					(name="Error_Eudit")
@NamedQueries			({
	@NamedQuery (name="findAllErrors", query="SELECT o FROM Error_Audit o")
))

This seems, to me, to be a bug for two reaons:

1) Why even have separate @Entity and @Table annotations (with name attributes) if the names cannot differ?
2) Devlopers are forced to name classes exactly like the table name, which produces 'ugly' Java class names (ok, minor point, but I feel it is valid)

Does a subsequent EJB 3.0 release support having named queries access via entity name rather than table name?  (Or more properly, without forcing one to name the entity bean with the table's name)?

Best regards.  You guys have done a great job with EJB 3.0 so far!

Saish

PS:  Other users are having same issue with Hibernate as the JPA provider:  http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?t=19737

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