Inverse attribute of Hibernate

Writing about Hibernates bizarre interpretation of inverse ;) from Colin's blog

Think inverse as the “ignore”
inverse = true means to ignore the relationship of this side
inverse = false means not to ignore the relationship of this side

In parent-child relationship, parent is one side and children are many side.

one-to-many inverse=”false”
means relationship of parent side should not be ignored. So
parent.getChildren() will be examined, child.getParent() is ignored

For the following example:
Parent parentA = getParentA();
Parent parentB = getParentB();
child = new Child();
parentA.getChildren().add(child); Will be used
child.setParent(parentB); Will be ignored

Hongfeng Sun : 26 Apr 2006 15:17 |  Tags: Spring-Hibernate-Jboss |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem