[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Issue Comment Edited: (HHH-5529) Bulk delete on Entity with @ElementCollection ignores the @CollectionTable

Bulk delete on Entity with @ElementCollection ignores the @CollectionTable -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-5529 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-5529 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: New Feature Components: entity-manager Affects Versions: 3.3.2, 3.5.5, 3.6.0.Beta4 Environment: Hibernate 3.5.x, all database, all platforms. Reporter: Pascal Thivent Attachments: HHH-XXX.tar.gz I have an entity with a collection of basic elements mapped with @ElementCollection: {code} @Entity public class Foo { @Id @GeneratedValue private Long id; @ElementCollection @Column(name = "bar_column") @CollectionTable(name = "Bar") private Set<String> bars = new HashSet<String>(); public Long getId() { return id; } public void setId(Long id) { this.id = id; } public Set<String> getBars() { return bars; } public void setBars(Set<String> bars) { this.bars = bars; } } {code} A bulk delete on this entity fails due to constraint violation on the collection table (Hibernate ignores the collection table). I don't think that the following cascading restriction from the JPA 2.0 specification applies: {quote} h3. 4.10 Bulk Update and Delete Operations ... A delete operation only applies to entities of the specified class and its subclasses. It does not cascade to related entities. {quote} In other words, Hibernate should handle the collection table as we have no way to bulk delete the basic elements from the collection table. I have attached a test case allowing to reproduce the issue.