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232870 - Documentation updates for 2.0.
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+<!-- Run date = May 21, 2008 14:42:05 -->
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-<title>Transient mapping</title>
+<title>Many-to-one mapping</title>
+
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-<meta name="relnum" content="M5 - Release 2.0.0" />
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+<meta name="doctitle" content="Many-to-one mapping" />
+<meta name="relnum" content="Release 2.0" />
+<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 oracle . All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. Contributors: Oracle - initial API and implementation" />
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-<p><a id="BABHFHEI" name="BABHFHEI"></a></p>
+<p><a id="BABHFAFJ" name="BABHFAFJ"></a></p>
<div class="sect2"><!-- infolevel="all" infotype="General" -->
-<h1>Transient mapping</h1>
-<p><a id="sthref150" name="sthref150"></a><a id="sthref151" name="sthref151"></a><a id="sthref152" name="sthref152"></a><a id="sthref153" name="sthref153"></a>Use the Transient Mapping to specify a field of the entity class that <span class="italic">is not</span> persistent.</p>
-<p>To create a transient mapping:</p>
+<h1>Many-to-one mapping</h1>
+<p><a id="sthref115" name="sthref115"></a><a id="sthref116" name="sthref116"></a><a id="sthref117" name="sthref117"></a><a id="sthref118" name="sthref118"></a>Use a <span class="bold">Many-to-One</span> mapping to defines a single-valued association to another entity class that has many-to-one multiplicity.</p>
<ol start="1">
<li>
-<p>In the <a href="ref_persistence_outline.htm#BABEGGFE">JPA Structure view</a>, select the field to map. The <a href="ref_persistence_map_view.htm#BABIFBAF">JPA Details view (for attributes)</a> displays the properties for the selected.</p>
+<p>In the <a href="ref_persistence_outline.htm#BABEGGFE">JPA Structure view</a>, select the field to map.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>In the <span class="gui-object-title">Map As</span> field, select <span class="gui-object-action">Transient</span>.</p>
+<p>Right click the field and then select <span class="bold">Map As &gt; Many-to-One</span>. The <a href="ref_persistence_map_view.htm#BABIFBAF">JPA Details view (for attributes)</a> displays the properties for the selected.</p>
</li>
+<li>
+<p>Use this table to complete the <a href="ref_mapping_general.htm#CACBHFIJ">General information</a> fields JPA Details view.</p>
+<div class="inftblruleinformal">
+<table class="RuleInformal" title="This table lists the fields ion the General tab for this mapping." summary="This table lists the fields ion the General tab for this mapping." dir="ltr" border="1" width="100%" frame="border" rules="all" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
+<thead>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c1-t22">Property</th>
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c2-t22">Description</th>
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c3-t22">Default</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r2c1-t22" headers="r1c1-t22">Mapping Entity Hyperlink</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t22 r1c2-t22">Defines mapping as <span class="bold">Many-to-One</span>. This corresponds to the <code>@ManyToOne</code> annotation.</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t22 r1c3-t22">Many-to-One</td>
+</tr>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r3c1-t22" headers="r1c1-t22">Target Entity</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t22 r1c2-t22">The entity to which this attribute is mapped.</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t22 r1c3-t22">null
+<p>You do not need to explicitly specify the target entity, since it can be inferred from the type of object being referenced.</p>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r4c1-t22" headers="r1c1-t22">Fetch</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t22 r1c2-t22">Defines how data is loaded from the database. See <a href="ref_mapping_general.htm#CACGGGHB">"Fetch Type"</a> for details.
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Eager</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Lazy</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t22 r1c3-t22">Eager</td>
+</tr>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r5c1-t22" headers="r1c1-t22">Cascade</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t22 r1c2-t22">See <a href="ref_mapping_general.htm#CACJAIHB">"Cascade Type"</a> for details.
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Default</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>All</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Persist</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Merge</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Remove</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t22 r1c3-t22">Default</td>
+</tr>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r6c1-t22" headers="r1c1-t22">Optional</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t22 r1c2-t22">Specifies if this field is can be null.</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t22 r1c3-t22">Yes</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<br /></div>
+<!-- class="inftblruleinformal" --></li>
+<li>
+<p>Use this table to complete the fields on the <a href="reference015.htm#CACFCEJC">Join Columns Information</a> tab in the <span class="gui-object-title">JPA Details</span> view.</p>
+<div class="inftblruleinformal">
+<table class="RuleInformal" title="This table lists the fields in the Persistence Properties view for this mapping." summary="This table lists the fields in the Persistence Properties view for this mapping." dir="ltr" border="1" width="100%" frame="border" rules="all" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
+<thead>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c1-t23">Property</th>
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c2-t23">Description</th>
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c3-t23">Default</th>
+</tr>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<tr align="left" valign="top">
+<td align="left" id="r2c1-t23" headers="r1c1-t23">Join Column</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t23 r1c2-t23"><a id="sthref119" name="sthref119"></a><a id="sthref120" name="sthref120"></a>Specify a mapped column for joining an entity association. This field corresponds to the <code>@JoinColum</code> attribute.
+<p>Select <span class="bold">Override Default</span>, then Add, Edit, or Remove the join columns.</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t23 r1c3-t23">By default, the mapping is assumed to have a single join.</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<br /></div>
+<!-- class="inftblruleinformal" --></li>
</ol>
-<p>Eclipse adds the following annotation to the field:</p>
+<p>Eclipse adds the following annotations to the field:</p>
<pre xml:space="preserve" class="oac_no_warn">
-@Transient
+@JoinTable(joinColumns=@JoinColumn(name="<span class="italic">&lt;JOIN_COLUMN&gt;</span>"),
+ name = "<span class="italic">&lt;JOIN_TABLE_NAME&gt;</span>")
+@ManyToOne(targetEntity=<span class="italic">&lt;TARGET_ENTITY&gt;</span>, fetch=<span class="italic">&lt;FETCH_TYPE&gt;</span>,
+ cascade=<span class="italic">&lt;CASCADE_TYPE&gt;</span>)
</pre>
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