JPA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,基类不会生成表。
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。
下面是SingleTable的一个小例子:
基类:
子类:
子类:
生成的数据库表:
[img]http://dl.iteye.com/upload/picture/pic/125226/aea25b7a-7e67-3aad-8e8c-f0a68fb4026a.png[/img]
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,基类不会生成表。
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。
下面是SingleTable的一个小例子:
基类:
package com.kevin.ejb.extendtable;
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;
import javax.persistence.Table;
@Entity
@Table(name = "t_animal")
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
@DiscriminatorColumn(name = "animalType", discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)
public class Animal {
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private int id;
private String name;
private String sex;
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 String getSex() {
return sex;
}
public void setSex(String sex) {
this.sex = sex;
}
}
子类:
package com.kevin.ejb.extendtable;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
import javax.persistence.Table;
@Entity
@Table(name = "t_cat")
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
@DiscriminatorColumn(discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)
@DiscriminatorValue(value = "cat")
public class Cat extends Animal {
private String nickname;
public String getNickname() {
return nickname;
}
public void setNickname(String nickname) {
this.nickname = nickname;
}
}
子类:
package com.kevin.ejb.extendtable;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
import javax.persistence.Table;
@Entity
@Table(name = "t_dog")
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
@DiscriminatorColumn(discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)
@DiscriminatorValue(value = "dog")
public class Dog extends Animal {
private String address;
public String getAddress() {
return address;
}
public void setAddress(String address) {
this.address = address;
}
}
生成的数据库表:
[img]http://dl.iteye.com/upload/picture/pic/125226/aea25b7a-7e67-3aad-8e8c-f0a68fb4026a.png[/img]