[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-4233) cant bind a child using mappedby relating to a parent attribute(polymorphism)

cant bind a child using mappedby relating to a parent attribute(polymorphism) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-4233 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-4233 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Components: annotations Environment: osx 10.4, java 1.5 Reporter: Nino Martinez Attachments: JPA101.zip This is pseudo class hieracy @Entity @Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED) Mammal { @ManyToOne Person owner; } @Entity Cat extends Mammal Person{ @Cascade(org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType.DELETE_ORPHAN) @OneToMany(cascade = { CascadeType.PERSIST, CascadeType.MERGE, CascadeType.REMOVE }, mappedBy = "owner") private List<Cat> cats = new ArrayList<Cat>(); } it gives the error mission property: javax.persistence.PersistenceException: org.hibernate.AnnotationException: mappedBy reference an unknown target entity property: Cat.owner in Person.cats This is the related thread on hibernate forum: http://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?p=2380570#2380570 I can confirm that the same example does work when using OpenJPA as a provider. Please see attached project for reference. Please do not hesitate me if you have questions.