Actually, there are entities used in unit tests with @SecondaryTable defined with only *-to-one attributes that refer to those tables:
org.hibernate.test.annotations.inheritance.mixed.File org.hibernate.test.annotations.inheritance.mixed.SymbolicLink org.hibernate.test.annotations.manytoone.OrderLine org.hibernate.test.annotations.onetoone.Client Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume @SecondaryTable can optionally be defined if only associations refer to it. Gail ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gail Badner" <gbad...@redhat.com> > To: "Hardy Ferentschik" <ha...@hibernate.org> > Cc: "Hibernate hibernate-dev" <hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org> > Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 11:06:04 AM > Subject: Re: [hibernate-dev] Is @SecondaryTable required when a join table is > specified? > > Hi Hardy, > > I've seen lots of unit tests that have @SecondaryTable. I didn't make > the connection that it was non-association attributes that refer to > a secondary table. > > Thanks for the clarification. > Gail > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Hardy Ferentschik" <ha...@hibernate.org> > > To: "Gail Badner" <gbad...@redhat.com> > > Cc: "Hibernate hibernate-dev" <hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org> > > Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 2:07:56 AM > > Subject: Re: [hibernate-dev] Is @SecondaryTable required when a > > join table is specified? > > > > Hi, > > > > Secondary tables and associations (join tables) are really two > > different things. A secondary table allows you to map your entity > > properties to > > multiple tables. @JoinTable on the other hand are used to map > > associations and configure certain properties of the join table. > > One does not require the other. I am not sure what makes you > > believe > > that using @JoinTable requires the use of @SecondaryTable. > > If you after some examples have a look at the JPA spec as well. It > > is > > a good starting point. > > > > Regarding the metamodel branch, I am not sure about the binders and > > so on, but afaicr the sources does not imply the link > > between join table and secondary table. > > > > --Hardy > > > > > > On 1 Jan 2013, at 7:13 AM, Gail Badner <gbad...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > > I noticed that > > > org.hibernate.test.annotations.onetoone.OneToOneTest > > > and OptionalOneToOnePKJCTest uses this mapping: > > > > > > https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/master/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/annotations/onetoone/orm.xml > > > > > > Son.father specifies a join-table ("father_son"), but has no > > > <secondary-table>. There is no @SecondaryTable defined in Son > > > (this is a unidirectional association). > > > > > > I thought that @SecondaryTable was required when an association > > > uses a join table. Currently, that's how it works in the new > > > metamodel. > > > > > > Should it be optional? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Gail > > > _______________________________________________ > > > hibernate-dev mailing list > > > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev
