Hibernate的继承映射包含了三种不同的策略:
每簇类使用一个表; 每个子类一个表; 每个具体内一个表(有限制)。假设我们有四个类Animal,Dog,Cat,其代码如下:文件名:Animal.java
class Animal { private String identifier; private String name; private String category; // setter and getter}文件名:Dog.java
class Dog extends Animal { private String // setter and getter}文件名:Cat.java
class Cat extends Animal { private String // setter and getter}每簇类使用一个表
使用每簇类使用一个表的策略时,有一个限制就时子类不能有NOT NULL,映射文件为: 文件名:Animal.hbm.xml
< class name ="Animal" table ="TB_ANIMAL" > < id name ="identifier" type ="string" column ="IDENTIFIER" > < generator class ="uuid.hex" /> </ id > < discriminator column ="ANIMAL_TYPE" type ="string" /> < property name ="name" column ="NAME" type ="string" /> < subclass name ="Dog" discriminator-value ="DOG" > </ subclass > < subclass name ="Cat" discriminator-value ="CAT" > </ subclass > </ class >每个子类一个表
使用每个子类一个表的策略时,可以使用一个映射文件实现,也可以分成多个映射文件来实现。每个子类一个映射文件的情况: 文件名:Animal.hbm.xml
< class name ="Animal" table ="ANIMAL" > < id name ="identifier" column ="IDENTIFIER" type ="string" > < generator class ="uuid.hex" /> </ id > < property > </ class > 文件名:Dog.hbm.xml < joined-subclass name ="Dog" table ="DOG" extends ="Animal" > < key column ="DOG_ID" /> </ joined-subclass > 文件名:Cat.hbm.xml < joined-subclass name ="Cat" table ="CAT" extends ="Cat" > < key column ="CAT_ID" /> </ joined-subclass >每个子类一个表的策略实际上一种one-to-one的映射。
每个具体内一个表(有限制)使用每个具体内一个表(有限制)策略时,每一个子类的映射文件将要包含所有父类中的属性,映射文件: 文件名:Dog.hbm.xml
< class name ="Dog" table ="DOG" > < id name ="identifier" column ="IDENTIFIER" type ="string" > < generator class ="uuid.hex" /> </ id > < property name ="name" column ="NAME" type ="string" /> </ class > 文件名:Cat.hbm.xml < class name ="Cat" table ="CAT" > < id name ="identifier" column ="IDENTIFIER" type ="string" > < generator class ="uuid.hex" /> </ id > < property name ="name" column ="NAME" type ="string" /> </ class >
这部分的内容基本与Hibernate一致.JPA同样支持3种类型的继承形式:
1.Single Table Strategy ,单表策略,一张表包含基类与子类的所有数据,很多情况下都是采用这样的冗余设计,通过一个discriminator来区分
2.Table Per Class Strategy ,每个子类对应一张表,每张表都拥有基类的属性
3.Join Strategy ,仍然是每个子类对应一张表,但此表中不包含基类的属性,仅仅是此子类的扩展属性,共享基类的属性
以一个例子来说明3种情况:
一.单表策略
比如Pet作为基类,Cat和Dog继承此类并拥有自己的扩展属性,如:
package com.denny_blue.ejb3.inheritance;
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;import javax.persistence.Entity;import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;import javax.persistence.GenerationType;import javax.persistence.Id;import javax.persistence.Inheritance;import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
@Entity@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)@DiscriminatorColumn(name = "animal_type", discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)public class Pet implements Serializable {private int id;
private String name;
private double weight;
public Pet() {}
@Id@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)public int getId() { return id;}
public void setId(int id) { this.id = id;}
public String getName() { return name;}
public void setName(String name) { this.name = name;}
public double getWeight() { return weight;}
public void setWeight(double weight) { this.weight = weight;}
}
Pet类值的注意的就是通过@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)确定采用单表策略,通过@DiscriminatorColumn确定了标志值的字段和类型,我想熟悉hibernate的朋友对这些都应该很熟悉.然后是两个子类:
//Cat.java
package com.denny_blue.ejb3.inheritance;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;import javax.persistence.Entity;import javax.persistence.Inheritance;import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
@Entity@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)@DiscriminatorColumn(discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)@DiscriminatorValue("cat")public class Cat extends Pet {private String HairBall;
public String getHairBall() { return HairBall;}
public void setHairBall(String hairBall) { HairBall = hairBall;}
}
//Dog.java
package com.denny_blue.ejb3.inheritance;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;import javax.persistence.Entity;import javax.persistence.Inheritance;import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
@Entity@Inheritance(strategy=InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)@DiscriminatorColumn(discriminatorType=DiscriminatorType.STRING)@DiscriminatorValue("dog")public class Dog extends Pet {private String trick;
public String getTrick() { return trick;}
public void setTrick(String trick) { this.trick = trick;}
}
两个子类最值的关注的就是@DiscriminatorValue注释,比如Cat的此值为cat,意味着当Cat类型的Entity存入数据库时,JPA将自动把cat的值赋给animal_type字段,Dog的值则为dog,由此就可以在同一张表中区分开两个不同的子类.
二.Table per Class
采用Table Per Class策略的话,每个子类都将单独建表,并且都独立拥有基类中的所有属性,互相之间不共享,在我们的例子中所要进行的修改很小,像这样:
//基类
@Entity@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.TABLE_PER_CLASS)public class Pet implements Serializable {private int id;
private String name;
private double weight;
........
//子类:不需要任何设置
@Entitypublic class Dog extends Pet {private String trick;
.......
.......
}
例:
@Entity@Table(name = "TEST_A")@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.TABLE_PER_CLASS)public class TestA implements java.io.Serializable {
// Fields
/*** */private static final long serialVersionUID = 5931010626625178698L;private Long id;private String name;private String code;
// Constructorspublic TestA() {
}
/** minimal constructor */public TestA(Long id) { this.id = id;}
/** full constructor */public TestA(Long id, String name, String code) { this.id = id; this.name = name; this.code = code;}
// Property accessors@Id@Column(name = "ID")@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO, generator = "SEQ")@SequenceGenerator(name="SEQ", sequenceName = "SEQ_TEMP_VOICE_FILE")public Long getId() { return this.id;}
public void setId(Long id) { this.id = id;}
@Column(name = "NAME", unique = false, nullable = true, insertable = true, updatable = true, length = 200)public String getName() { return this.name;}
public void setName(String name) { this.name = name;}
@Column(name = "CODE", unique = false, nullable = true, insertable = true, updatable = true, length = 200)public String getCode() { return this.code;}
public void setCode(String code) { this.code = code;}
}
@Entity@Table(name = "TEST_B")public class TestB extends TestA {
// Fields
/*** */private static final long serialVersionUID = 4942564072409132522L;
/** minimal constructor */public TestB() {
}public TestB(Long id) { this.setId(id);}
@Column(name = "FLAG", unique = false, nullable = true, insertable = true, updatable = true, precision = 1, scale = 0)public Long getFlag() { return this.flag;}
public void setFlag(Long flag) { this.flag = flag;}
}
三.Join策略
每个子类同样独立建表,基类也独立建表,只不过所有的子类的表中只有扩展属性,他们共享基类的表,在我们的例子中修改下即可:
//基类
@Entity@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)public class Pet implements Serializable {private int id;
private String name;
private double weight;
........
//子类
@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)public class Dog extends Pet {private String trick;