OK. I thought my original post was pretty clear, but apparently not. So for the purposes of this post, forget that there was ever mention of ITEM_ anything. TYPE_TABLE: | +------------+--------------+ | | Field | Type | | +------------+--------------+ | | TABLE_NAME | varchar(25) | | | TYPE_ID | varchar(10) | | | TYPE_FIELD | varchar(25) | | | TYPE_VALUE | varchar(255) | | +------------+--------------+ | STORE: | +---------------+--------------+ | | Field | Type | | +---------------+--------------+ | | STORE_NAME | varchar(255) | | | STORE_ID | varchar(10) | | | STORE_TYPE_ID | varchar(25) | | | STATUS_ID | varchar(25) | | +------------+-----------------+ | The "STORE_TYPE_ID" value in the STORE table relates to a value in the TYPE_ID column of the TYPE_TABLE where TABLE_NAME is equal to "STORE" and TYPE_FIELD is equal to "STORE_TYPE". The "STATUS_ID" value in the STORE table relates to a value in the TYPE_ID column of the TYPE_TABLE where TABLE_NAME is equal to "STORE" and TYPE_FIELD is equal to "STORE_STATUS". Anyone have any thoughts on how to annotate a Store object to map the correct values? I can't seem to find anything like this in the examples, or via Google. Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4034089#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...