I have two tables. I want to make between them relationship, but the thing is that the child table connects to an attribute in a parent node, which is not a PK. How can I assign a non-PK field as a FK for a table?
Here are the tables. User Information:
#Entity
#Table(name="user")
public class userinformation implements Serializable {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.IDENTITY)
#Column(name="USER_ID")
private int uID;
#Column(name="LIB_ID")
private String libID;
//Other attributes
}
Lib Information
#Entity
#Table(name="libinfo")
public class Auth {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
#Column(name="AUTH_ID")
private int authID;
#Column(name="LIB_ID")
private String lib_ID;
//Other attributes
}
They both should be linked through libID (surely unique). Any idea how to implement it correctly?
Given:
class User {
#Column(name = "lib_id")
private String libID;
}
you must map the Auth entity as:
class Auth {
#JoinColumn(name = "lib_id", referencedColumnName = "lib_id")
#ManyToOne
private User user;
}
Basically, referencedColumnName is used to inform the JPA provider that it should use a column other than the primary key column of the referenced entity (which is used by default with #ManyToOne mappings).
Related
I want to join column without object reference. is that possible?
I want to do foreign key without object reference like that
#Data
#Entity
#Table(name = "HRM_EMPLOYEE_SALARY_INCREMENT")
public class EmployeeSalaryIncrement implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 9132875688068247271L;
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
#Column(name="ID")
private Integer id;
#Column(name = "REFERENCE_NO")
private String referenceNo;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name = "AUTHORITY", referencedColumnName = "id")
private Integer authority;
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumn(name = "PART_TWO_REGISTER_ID")
private Integer partTwoRegisterId;
#Column(name = "PART_TWO_ORDER_NO")
private String partTwoOrderNo;
#Column(name = "REMARKS")
private String remarks;
#Column(name = "HRM_TYPE")
private Integer hrmType;
}
If I found solve this problem, it will helpful for me.
Joining is not needed in this case. If you only need the foreign key value, then simply add the column as a #Column like any other:
#Data
#Entity
#Table(name = "HRM_EMPLOYEE_SALARY_INCREMENT")
public class EmployeeSalaryIncrement implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 9132875688068247271L;
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
#Column(name="ID")
private Integer id;
#Column(name = "AUTHORITY")
private Integer authority;
// other fields
// ...
}
No, I don't think that you can join columns between two entities without adding the reference of one to the related entity. You will have to create one entity class corresponding to each of your relational database table and add the reference of one to the other to establish relation.
However, I understand that you may not need all the attributes from your related table based upon your use case, and only wish to select one column from it. You can do that either by only adding required attributes in your joined table entity class (if you are sure you won't need other attributes for that table anywhere else).
Or you can use custom queries using JPQL in your repository class which selects only the required attributes from the tables that you have joined.
I will show you an example of the second way:
//Say, this is your entity class where you wish to join other table to fetch only one attribute from the joined table-
#Entity
#Table(name = "TABLE1", schema = "SCHEMA1")
public class Table1 {
#Id
#Column(name = "ID")
private String id;
#Column(name = "TABLE2_COLUMN")
private String table2Column;
#ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
#JoinColumn(name = "TABLE2_COLUMN1")
private Table2 table2; //refrence of the joined table entity object
}
// And this is the joined table entity class
#Entity
#Table(name = "TABLE2", schema = "SCHEMA1")
public class Table2 {
#Id
#Column(name = "ID")
private String id;
#Column(name = "TABLE2_COLUMN1")
private String table2Column1;
#Column(name = "TABLE2_COLUMN2")
private String table2Column2; // The column which we want to select from the joined table
}
In your repository class -
#Repository
public interface Table1Repository extends JpaRepository<Table1, String> {
#Query("SELECT t1 FROM Table1 t1 WHERE t1.id = :id")
public List<Table1> getTable1Rows(#Param("id") String id);
#Query("SELECT t1.table2.table2Column2 FROM Table1 t1 WHERE t1.id = :id")
public String getTable2Column2(#Param("id") String id);
}
Based upon the response from Markus Pscheidt below, I agree when he said there's no need to join the entities if you only need the attribute which is a foreign key. As foreign key is already present as an attribute in your entity (or table) you are working with.
If you need to fetch any other column apart from foreign key, then you may use JPQL to fetch the exact column that you wish to select.
I have one to many relation ship between a User and UserRole.
public class User {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private long id;
#Column(unique = true)
private String username;
private String password;
#OneToMany(fetch=FetchType.EAGER)
#JoinTable(
name = "user_roles",
joinColumns = {#JoinColumn(name="userId")},
inverseJoinColumns = {#JoinColumn(name="roleId")}
)
private Collection<UserRole> roles;
}
and
public class UserRole {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private long id;
#Column(unique = true)
private String roleName;
}
I am able to save a user at first. But when I try to save another user it rejects with an exception of duplicated entry on the junction table
One thing I noticed is when we have One-to-Many association the many side foreign key will be a primary key on the junction table. So, I need to make the relation Many-to-Many. So that the combination of both foreign keys will serve as a composite key.
I have read about the use of #MapsId and #PrimaryKeyJoinColumn annotations, which sounds like a great options. I have two tables (UserList and UserInformation) which have a child, parent relationship, respectively; both classes below are abbreviated to just include the relevant columns. UserInformation's primary key value is always null and does not take the value of its parent column.
User Class
#Entity
#Data
#Table(name = "user_list")
public class UserList {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
private Integer id;
// List of foreign keys connecting different entities
#OneToOne(mappedBy = "user")
#MapsId("id")
private UserInformation userInfo;
}
UserInformation Class
#Entity
#Data
#Table(name = "user_information")
public class UserInformation implements Serializable {
#Id
private Integer userId;
#OneToOne
private UserList user;
}
I would prefer to not use an intermediary class if possible. I'm not tied to MapsId or even this implementation if there is a better solution.
Thanks!
The question is not very clear to me, but I think you could improve the following in the modeling of the entity:
The #column annotation can only be omitted when the class parameter is called exactly the same as the database column, taking into account the table name nomenclature, could it be that the column is user_id ?, if so the id parameter should be :
#Id
#column(name="USER_ID")
private Integer userId;
In the user entity being id, it will match the DB ID field so the #column annotation is not necessary
I have a table structure like this
Good Assignments Entity
#Embeddable
public class GoodAssignmentId {
String clientId,
String assignmentNumber;
LocalDate effectiveDate;
// Getters and setters
}
#Entity
#IdClass(GoodAssignmentId.class)
class GoodAssignment {
#id
String clientId;
#Id
String assignmentNumber;
#Id
LocalDate effectiveDate;
#OneToMany(mappedBy = "parentKey")
Set<GoodTasks> children;
String description;
// getters and setters goes below
}
Bad Assignments Entity
#Entity
#IdClass(BadAssignmentId.class)
class BadAssignment {
#id
String clientId;
#Id
String assignementNumber;
#Id
LocalDate effectiveDate;
String description;
// Getters and setters goes below
}
Child entities
#Entity
#IdClass(ParentTasksId.class)
#DiscriminatorColumn(name = "fieldD", discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)
class ParentTasks {
#Id
String clientId;
#Id
String assignmentNumber;
#Id
String taskNumber;
}
#Entity
#DiscriminatorValue("G")
class GoodTasks extends ParentTasks {
#ManyToOne
#JoinColumns({
#JoinColumn(name = "clientId", referencedColumName = "clientId"),
#JoinColumn(name = "assignmentNumber", referencedColumName = "assignmentNumber")
})
GoodAssignments parentKey;
other fields....
}
This shows the error referencedColumnNames(fieldA, fieldB) of .... not mapped to a single property.
Unfortunately I cannot change the table structure. TableA has 3 columns as primary key, but only two of them forms the primary key in table B along with another field (fieldD via #DiscriminatorValue used by multiple classes). How can I map this relationship to get list of TableB items in TableA?
Example Class Diagram:
Effective date in the assignments tables is not part of tasks. So this is not a perfect relationship in JPA terms. It's a legacy design which cannot be changed for some reasons.
using spring data, I created User 1:N UserDog N:1 Dog relation. Both 1:N relations are unidirectional #ManyToOne with UserDog being the custom relation table.
User entity:
#Entity
public class User {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private long id;
#Column(nullable = false)
private String name;
}
Dog entity:
#Entity
public class Dog {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private long id;
#Column(nullable = false)
private String name;
}
User dog relation table:
#Entity
public class UserDog {
#Id
#GeneratedValue
private long id;
#ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
#JoinColumn
#OnDelete(action = OnDeleteAction.CASCADE)
private User user;
#ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
#JoinColumn
#OnDelete(action = OnDeleteAction.CASCADE)
private Dog dog;
#Column(nullable = false)
private Instant createdOn = Instant.now();
#Column
private Instant disabledOn;
}
Use case
Use case is to store history of User-Dog bindings, where the concrete Dog can be bound only to one User at the time. That's why I added createdOn and disabledOn columns to UserDog. disabledOn being null indicates that the relation is active and the Dog can't be assigned another User. If disabledOn is not null, then the record is stored only for evidence purposes and the Dog can be assigned to the same or another User again.
Question
How to ensure that the combination of Dog's id and disabledOn being null is unique in UserDog table?
In pseudo code I want something like this:
#Entity
#UniqueConstraint({#UniqueConstraint(this.dog.id), #NullConstraint(this.disabledOn)})
public class UserDog {...}
You can simply create a unique constraint for dogId and disabledOn.
It does add the limitation that no two relationships may end at the same time but this seems to fit your use case.