[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Created: (HHH-2996) Allow expression in a @JoinColumn for a composite foreign key
Allow expression in a @JoinColumn for a composite foreign key
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Key: HHH-2996
URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-2996
Project: Hibernate3
Issue Type: New Feature
Affects Versions: 3.2.5
Environment: hibernate 3.2.5, db2/400 v5r4
Reporter: Darren Bell
I am mapping our Mapics COM history with hibernate and have been pretty successful so far,
but have hit a stumbling block.
There is a table in Mapics that stores history comments for many different other tables,
hence each table has a different foreign key.
The table is outlined below for those that don't know Mapics ;)
COL_NO NAME COL_TYPE LENGTH DP NULL DFT DEFAULT DESCRIPTION
1 GAAENB NUMERIC 2 0 N Y 0 Company number
2 GAGGNB NUMERIC 6 0 N Y 0 Invoice number
3 GAHYNB DECIMAL 7 0 N Y 0 Invoice sequence
4 GAKBNB DECIMAL 5 0 N Y 0 Comment line sequence number
5 GAAKCD CHAR 3 N Y ' ' Language code
6 GAAAD9 CHAR 1 N Y ' ' Internal print only?
7 GAHDTX CHAR 25 N Y ' ' Comment line text
8 GAHXCD CHAR 5 N Y ' ' Comment user reference
9 GADCCD CHAR 1 N Y ' ' Internal header type
10 GACVNB CHAR 7 N Y ' ' Quote/order number
11 GAK4NB DECIMAL 7 0 N Y 0 Shipment header number
12 GAAFAD DECIMAL 3 0 N Y 0 Shipment consolidate seq
13 GALCNB DECIMAL 7 0 N Y 0 Ship release sequence
14 GAAASZ DECIMAL 5 0 N Y 0 Kit release sequence
15 GAAAD2 DECIMAL 7 0 N Y 0 Special charge sequence #
16 GAAD1N CHAR 1 N Y ' ' Text line print control
To get the comments from the shipment release we use the following:
@OneToMany()
@JoinColumns ({
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.COMPANY_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.COMPANY_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.INTERNAL_HEADER_TYPE,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.INTERNAL_HEADER_TYPE),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.ORDER_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.ORDER_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.SHIPMENT_HEADER_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.SHIPMENT_HEADER_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.SHIP_RELEASE_SEQUENCE,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.SHIP_RELEASE_SEQUENCE),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.KIT_RELEASE_SEQUENCE,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.KIT_RELEASE_SEQUENCE)
})
@Sort(type=SortType.NATURAL)
private SortedSet<HistoricalComment> historicalComments;
Which works well, but to the the comments for the ship header the following is needed
@OneToMany()
@JoinColumns ({
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.COMPANY_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipHeader.Columns.COMPANY_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.INTERNAL_HEADER_TYPE,
referencedColumnName=ShipHeader.Columns.INTERNAL_HEADER_TYPE),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.ORDER_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipHeader.Columns.ORDER_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.SHIPMENT_HEADER_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipHeader.Columns.SHIPMENT_HEADER_NUMBER)
})
@Sort(type=SortType.NATURAL)
private SortedSet<HistoricalComment> historicalComments;
As you can see there are two keys missing on the second one to many. This has the
undesired effect of retriving all the comments for the entire shipment, whether they are
related to a relase, the header itself, or charge codes.
Now, what i'm suggesting is to allow an expression for one of the join colums. The
following would solve the problem.
@OneToMany()
@JoinColumns ({
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.COMPANY_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.COMPANY_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.INTERNAL_HEADER_TYPE,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.INTERNAL_HEADER_TYPE),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.ORDER_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.ORDER_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.SHIPMENT_HEADER_NUMBER,
referencedColumnName=ShipRelease.Columns.SHIPMENT_HEADER_NUMBER),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.SHIP_RELEASE_SEQUENCE,
expression=":shipReleaseSequence > 0"),
@JoinColumn(name=HistoricalComment.Columns.KIT_RELEASE_SEQUENCE,
expression=":kitReleaseSequence = 0")
})
This would put the expressions into the join clause.
What do you think? Have i explained this well enough?
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