separate table per subclass

msi_333 · **Posted:** Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:19 pm

In this case there is a table for each subclass in the class model .The table for subclass only contains the properties that are defined in the subclasses . To do this you will need changes in code from the single table inheritance example. There is no discriminator in the subclasses . In the super class you will need to change the inheritance type to JOINED . This technique still support polymorphism.

Code:

@Inheritance(strategy=InheritanceType.JOINED)

JOINED , means there must be a join relation between the tables . The id of the super class is used as Foreign key in the database tables of the subclasses in the JPA class model .

Another thing , @Table annotation is added to subclasses entities , because it is now related to a tables .

Code:

package com.codemiles.jpa;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;
import javax.persistence.Table;
 
@Entity
@Table(name="SHAPE")
@Inheritance(strategy=InheritanceType.JOINED)
@DiscriminatorColumn(name="TYPE",discriminatorType=DiscriminatorType.STRING)
public class Shape implements Serializable{
    /**
     * 
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Id
    protected int id;
    protected int scale;
    protected float rotate;
    protected String colour;
    protected String points;
    protected int numOfPoints;
    
    public Shape(){
    id=(int)System.currentTimeMillis();
    }
    @Column(name="SHAPE_ID")
    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
    @Column(name="SCALE")
    public int getScale() {
        return scale;
    }

    public void setScale(int scale) {
        this.scale = scale;
    }
    @Column(name="ROTATE")
    public float getRotate() {
        return rotate;
    }

    public void setRotate(float rotate) {
        this.rotate = rotate;
    }
 
    @Column(name="POINTS")
    public String getPoints() {
        return points;
    }

    public void setPoints(String points) {
        this.points = points;
    }
    
    public void setColour(String colour) {
    this.colour = colour;
    }
@Column(name="COLOUR")
    public String getColour() {
    return colour;
    }
    public void setNumOfPoints(int numOfPoints) {
    this.numOfPoints = numOfPoints;
    }
    @Column(name="NUM_POINTS")
    public int getNumOfPoints() {
    return numOfPoints;
    }
    
}
  

Code:

package com.codemiles.jpa;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
import javax.persistence.Entity;

@Entity
@Table(name="CIRCLE")
public class Circle extends Shape implements Serializable{
    /**
     * 
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    protected float radius; 
  

    
    public Circle(){
    super();
    numOfPoints =1 ;
    
    }


    public void setRadius(float radius) {
    this.radius = radius;
    }

    @Column(name="RADIUS")
    public float getRadius() {
    return radius;
    }
}

  

Code:

package com.codemiles.jpa;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Transient;

@Entity
@Table(name="TRIANGLE")
public class Triangle extends Shape implements Serializable{
    /**
     * 
     */

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    
    private String isosceles  ;
    
    public Triangle(){
    super();
    numOfPoints=3;
    
    }

    public void setIsosceles(String isosceles) {
    this.isosceles = isosceles;
    }
    
    @Column(name="ISOSCELES")
    public String getIsosceles() {
    return this.isosceles;
    }
    @Transient
    public boolean isIsosceles() {
    return isosceles.equals("Y");
    }

 
}
  

A note we have to mention about EJB-QL , The Join must be done in order to retrieve the subclasses properties . For example like this :

Code:

SELECT s.colour , s.points , c.radius FROM Shape s , Circle c WHERE s.id=c.id;
 

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