I fixed it with the following commit: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/commit/871722dc08ec131cd1f5238e1b48df8db2dcc402
Let me know if it's more clear now. Vlad On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:32 PM, Gail Badner <gbad...@redhat.com> wrote: > OK, I'll make sure Hibernate also treats an empty array element as > equivalent to null as well. > > Vlad, thanks for correcting the documentation. > > On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Vlad Mihalcea <mihalcea.v...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The docs says: >> >> When it comes to arrays, there is quite a difference between Java arrays >> and relational database array types (e.g. VARRAY, ARRAY). First, not all >> database systems implement the SQL-99 ARRAY type, and, for this reason, >> Hibernate doesn’t support native database array types. Second, Java arrays >> are relevant for basic types only since storing multiple embeddables or >> entities should always be done using the Java Collection API. >> >> I guess the "Second, Java arrays ..." part is indeed a little bit >> misleading. >> >> I created the following issue: >> >> https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-11891 >> >> Is it a problem if I link the docs to my blog post about how to support >> arrays of basic types? >> >> https://vladmihalcea.com/2017/06/21/how-to-map-java-and-sql- >> arrays-with-jpa-and-hibernate/ >> >> Thanks, >> Vlad >> >> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Steve Ebersole <st...@hibernate.org> >> wrote: >> >>> That doc section is wrong. Vlad - can you fix that >>> >>> We do in fact support arrays of all types including embeddables and >>> entities. However, we have always recommended to not use arrays for >>> entities as arrays cannot be lazy loaded (not even using bytecode >>> enhancement). >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 6:29 PM Gail Badner <gbad...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> >>> > Documentation makes it sound like only arrays of basic types are >>> supported. >>> > [1] >>> > >>> > I see a test using an array of entities, but I don't see one for an >>> array >>> > of embeddables. [2] >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Gail >>> > >>> > [1] >>> > >>> > http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/5.2/userguide/html_singl >>> e/Hibernate_User_Guide.html#collections-array >>> > [2] >>> > >>> > https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/master/hiber >>> nate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/array >>> /Contest.java#L40-L42 >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > 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
