有两个实体Order和Customer,一个用户可以有多个订单,一个订单属于一个用户,所以Customer与Order是一对多的关系,那么在Order实体里可以有一个到Customer的引用customer,同时在Customer里有一个Order实体的集合orders。如果在只是如下这样写:
public class Order {
@id
private long id;
@ManyToOne
private Customer customer;
public void setId(long id) {
this.id = id;
}
public long getId() {
return this.id;
}
public void setCustomer(Customer customer) {
this.customer = customer;
}
public Customer getCustomer() {
return this.customer;
}
}
public class Customer{
@id
private long id;
@OneToMany
private Set<Order> orders;
public void setId(long id) {
this.id = id;
}
public long getId() {
return this.id;
}
public void setOrders(Set<Order> orders) {
this.orders = orders;
}
public Set<Order> getOrders() {
return this.orders;
}
}
那么系统可能会自动生成一张Customer_Order关联表,可是事实上我们不需要这样的表,因为通过 Select order from Order order where order.customer.id=:id, 就可以找到某个Customer的Orders,而不需要另建一张表。要想去掉这个自动生成的表,要这样写:
public class Order {
@id
private long id;
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name="customer", nullable=false)
private Customer customer;
public void setId(long id) {
this.id = id;
}
public long getId() {
return this.id;
}
public void setCustomer(Customer customer) {
this.customer = customer;
}
public Customer getCustomer() {
return this.customer;
}
}
public class Customer{
@id
private long id;
@OneToMany(mappedBy="customer")
private Set<Order> orders;
public void setId(long id) {
this.id = id;
}
public long getId() {
return this.id;
}
public void setOrders(Set<Order> orders) {
this.orders = orders;
}
public Set<Order> getOrders() {
return this.orders;
}
}
多出一个mappedBy和JoinColumn, 就是告诉JPA实现者,orders是通过order里的customer映射来的,每次查找orders通过Order里的customer联接。这样就不会生成Customer_Order关联表了