How to change the @OneToOne shared primary key column name with JPA and Hibernate
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how you can change the @OneToOne shared primary key column name when using JPA and Hibernate. This has been a recurrent theme when answering questions about Hibernate or during my High-Performance Java Persistence training. As previously explained, the one-to-one database table relationship requires the Primary Key to be shared among the parent and the child tables. Unfortunately, just adding the JPA @OneToOne annotation in the child entity does not render a true one-to-one table relationship since a separate Foreign Key column will be… Read More
Best way to map the JPA and Hibernate ManyToMany relationship
Introduction In this article, I’m going to show you the best way to map a ManyToMany association when using JPA and Hibernate. As simple as JPA annotations might be, it’s not always obvious how efficient they are behind the scenes.
The best way to map a @OneToMany relationship with JPA and Hibernate
Introduction While adding a @OneToMany relationship is very easy with JPA and Hibernate, knowing the right way to map such an association so that it generates very efficient SQL statements is definitely not a trivial thing to do. In a relational database system, a one-to-many association links two tables based on a Foreign Key column so that the child table record references the Primary Key of the parent table row. As straightforward as it might be in a relational database, when it comes to JPA, the one-to-many database association can be represented… Read More
