[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HSEARCH-1093) Smarter dirty checking with @Transient fields

Smarter dirty checking with @Transient fields --------------------------------------------- Key: HSEARCH-1093 URL: https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/HSEARCH-1093 Project: Hibernate Search Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 4.1.0.Final Reporter: Marc Schipperheyn I found that if you have a field that is @Transient and depends on a Hibernate managed field, this field is not updated when the underlying field changes. {code} @ManyToOne @JoinColumn @IndexedEmbedded public Photo getPhoto() { return photo; } @Transient @Field public String getMugshot(){ if(photo == null) return null; return getUserDirectory() + "/" + photo.getFilename(); } {code} This makes sense. However, it's not desirable. I would therefore want to propose an annotation that can add some magic to dirty checking and inform Hibernate Search that when @Field x gets dirty, the @Transient field should also be considered dirty Something like {code} @ManyToOne @JoinColumn @IndexedEmbedded public Photo getPhoto() { return photo; } @Transient @Field @AssociateDirty(fields={"photo"}) public String getMugshot(){ if(photo == null) return null; return getUserDirectory() + "/" + photo.getFilename(); } {code} There are many names one might give to such an annotation. E.g. @YouDirtyMeDirty, but many somehow sound a little "dirty" :-)