8.12.29 @ManyToOne
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Description
This annotation indicates that the class in which @ManyToOne is specified has a ManyToOne relationship, and also specifies the relationship from the owner entity class to the non-owner entity class.
The applicable targets are method and field.
(2) Element
The following table lists the elements of @ManyToOne:
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Element name |
Optional/Required |
Element description |
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Optional |
This element specifies the non-owner entity class. |
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Optional |
This element specifies the operations to be cascaded. |
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Optional |
This element specifies the specification value of the fetch strategy. |
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Optional |
This element specifies whether or not a null value can be set up for all non-primitive type fields and properties. |
The details of attributes that are supported with Cosminexus JPA provider are as follows:
(a) targetEntity element
- Type
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Class
- Description
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This element specifies the non-owner entity class.
- Default value
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Type of the field and property in which the annotation is added
(b) cascade element
- Type
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CascadeType[]
- Description
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This element specifies the operations to be cascaded.
The following table describes the specifiable values:
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CascadeType.ALL: The persist, remove, merge, and refresh operations of the owner entity class are cascaded to the related destination.
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CascadeType.MERGE: The merge operation of the owner entity class is cascaded to the related destination.
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CascadeType.PERSIST: The persist operation of the owner entity class is cascaded to the related destination.
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CascadeType.REFRESH: The refresh operation of the owner entity class is cascaded to the related destination.
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CascadeType.REMOVE: The remove operation of the owner entity class is cascaded to the related destination.
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- Default value
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Not to be cascaded
(c) fetch element
- Type
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FetchType
- Description
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This attribute defines the fetch strategy of data from the database. For details on the fetch strategy, see 9.4.5 Synchronization with the database.
The following two types of values can be specified:
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EAGER strategy: Requests in which the data must be fetched eagerly
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LAZY strategy: Requests in which data is fetched lazily when accessed for the first time
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- Default value
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FetchType.EAGER
(d) optional element
- Type
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boolean
- Description
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This element specifies whether or not a null value can be set up for all non-primitive type fields and properties. The following values can be specified:
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true: A null value can be set up for all non-primitive type fields and properties.
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false: A null value cannot be specified for all non-primitive type fields and properties.
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- Default value
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true