Envers @mappedSupperclass bad behaviour --------------------------------------- Key: HHH-6331 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-6331 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: envers Affects Versions: 3.6.1 Environment: Hibernate 3.6.1.Final Oracle 10g Reporter: Facundo Mateo Suppose you have: * Class A marked as @MappedSuperclass, and has field/property marked as @Audited * Class B extends from A, and is @Entity but doesn't have any @Audited annotation Envers is not auditting instances of B, when it should audit the properties marked with @Audit in the superclass. I have been researching at the sources , and it seems to be a bug introduced with the fix for [HHH-4646|http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4646]. The problem is in the class org.hibernate.envers.configuration.metadata.reader.AuditedPropertiesReader : {code:title=org.hibernate.envers.configuration.metadata.reader.AuditedPropertiesReader.java|borderStyle=solid} private void addPropertiesFromClass(XClass clazz) { Audited allClassAudited = clazz.getAnnotation(Audited.class); //look in the class addFromProperties(clazz.getDeclaredProperties("field"), "field", fieldAccessedPersistentProperties, allClassAudited); addFromProperties(clazz.getDeclaredProperties("property"), "property", propertyAccessedPersistentProperties, allClassAudited); if(allClassAudited != null || !auditedPropertiesHolder.isEmpty()) { XClass superclazz = clazz.getSuperclass(); if (!clazz.isInterface() && !"java.lang.Object".equals(superclazz.getName())) { addPropertiesFromClass(superclazz); } } } {code} if you look this line *if(allClassAudited != null || !auditedPropertiesHolder.isEmpty())*: It only looks for @Audited annotation when the child is marked with class level @Audited or if it has some @Audited property/field, but ignores superclass annotations if it the child doesn't have any. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira