[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-4307) Optional one-to-one association with join table cannot exist

Optional one-to-one association with join table cannot exist ------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HHH-4307 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4307 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: annotations Environment: Hibernate Core 3.3.2.GA JDK 1.6u14 Reporter: Miroslav Havram Attachments: ann847.zip In the case of the optional one-to-one association with the join table, it is not possible to have independant instances of entities. Entity at the inverse end of the association cannot be persisted without being first linked to the entity on the other (non-inverse) end of the association.