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FK value setting in a ManyToOne relationship [message #646656]

Wed, 29 December 2010 11:51

Eclipse User

Hi, I have a OneToMany relationship between entities Contact and Email. When I create a Contact and add to him 1 or more Email I need to set the FK column in Email table to the right Contact of that email...

I tried this:

@Entity
class Contact{
     @Id
     ......
    @OneToMany(mappedBy="contact", cascade=CascadeType.ALL)
    private Set<ContactEmail> email;
}

@Entity
class Email{
     @Id
     ......
    @ManyToOne
    @JoinColumn(name="CONTACT_ID")
    private Contact contact;
}

When in my test package I call:

em.persist(contact); //(where contact has 2 emails associated)

it creates 1 contact, 2 emails records but the FK column "CONTACT_ID" is empty...

how can I set its value with the right Contact ID of that email?

thanks in advance!

[Updated on: Wed, 29 December 2010 11:53] by Moderator

Re: FK value setting in a ManyToOne relationship [message #647088 is a reply to message #646656]

Tue, 04 January 2011 09:54

Eclipse User

Hello,

Your object model implies that each Email in the list of Contact's email must have a Contact. Are you setting the Email->Contact relationship? This relationship is what controls the foreign key in the Email table, not the Contact->Email relationship. JPA requires that applications set both sides of a relationship if it is bidirectional so that the object model is in synch with the database.

Best Regards,
Chris

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