3.继承关系:
在前面的部门员工实例中,我们设定的员工只是普通的员工,现在假如有Sale和Skill两类员工,它们作为Employee的子类。如何实现这些子类的映射?为了方便以后的操作说明和不影响以前的操作,我们把前面用到的员工部门类及相关实体配置文件,主配置文件等拷贝到一个新的项目theExtend下进行操作。
(1)共享一张表:
意思是我们把子类的当作父类来处理共同映射成一张表。
>>步骤一,创建Employee的子类:Sale和Skill。内容如下:
- package com.asm.hibernate.domain;
- public class Sale extends Employee {
- private String signSale;
- ...省略getXXX setXXX()
- }
- package com.asm.hibernate.domain;
- public class Skill extends Employee{
- private String signSkill;
- ...省略getXXX setXXX()
- }
package com.asm.hibernate.domain;
public class Sale extends Employee {
private String signSale;
...省略getXXX setXXX()
}
package com.asm.hibernate.domain;
public class Skill extends Employee{
private String signSkill;
...省略getXXX setXXX()
}
>>步骤二、修改Employee.hbm.xml配置文件:
- <hibernate-mapping package="com.asm.hibernate.domain">
- <class name="Employee" discriminator-value="0">
- <id name="id">
- <generator class="native" />
- </id>
- <discriminator column="sign" type="string" />
- <property name="name"></property>
- <many-to-one name="depart" column="depart_id" />
- <subclass name="Sale" discriminator-value="1">
- <property name="signSale"></property>
- </subclass>
- <subclass name="Skill" discriminator-value="2">
- <property name="signSkill"></property>
- </subclass>
- </class>
- </hibernate-mapping>
<hibernate-mapping package="com.asm.hibernate.domain">
<class name="Employee" discriminator-value="0">
<id name="id">
<generator class="native" />
</id>
<discriminator column="sign" type="string" />
<property name="name"></property>
<many-to-one name="depart" column="depart_id" />
<subclass name="Sale" discriminator-value="1">
<property name="signSale"></property>
</subclass>
<subclass name="Skill" discriminator-value="2">
<property name="signSkill"></property>
</subclass>
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>
配置文件说明: 理解<subclass>元素:它作为class的子元素,但是它却和class非常相似,name同样是指所关联到的“类”,下面的<property>也与class下的<property>一样。我们注意到它和class均增加了一个新属性discriminator-value,它的作用就是配置这些类的“鉴别类型”。而discriminator-value 的配置主要参照的是<discriminator>,它通常称为鉴别类型,即是说鉴别属于什么类型,因为在涉及到继承关系的操作时,总会涉及到父子类的关系,比如在上面的配置中,我们设定了sign子段来标识类型,执行后会再对此作说明。注意:<discriminator>要写在后面元素的前面,因为它的dtd文件是这样规定得。
>>步骤三、修改主配置文件,由于是拷贝的前面的文件,所以需要去掉无关的映射文件,否则会提示找不到这此映射文件。
>>步骤四、编写测试类:
- package com.asm.hibernate.test;
- public class ManyToOneTest {
- public static void main(String[] args) {
- add();
- Employee emp=query(2);
- System.out.println("emp type:"+emp);
- }
- static Employee query(int empId) {
- Session s = null;
- try {
- s = HibernateUtil.getSession();
- Employee emp = (Employee) s.get(Employee.class, empId);
- System.out.println("Department Name:" + emp.getDepart().getName());
- return emp;
- } finally {
- if (s != null)
- s.close();
- }
- }
- static void add() {
- Session s = null;
- Transaction tx = null;
- try {
- Department depart = new Department();
- depart.setName("departName");
- Employee emp = new Employee();
- emp.setName("empName");
- emp.setDepart(depart);
- Sale emp2 = new Sale();
- emp2.setName("saleEmployee");
- emp2.setSignSale("saleName");
- emp2.setDepart(depart);
- Skill emp3 = new Skill();
- emp3.setName("skillEmployee");
- emp3.setSignSkill("skillName");
- emp3.setDepart(depart);
- s = HibernateUtil.getSession();
- tx = s.beginTransaction();
- s.save(emp);
- s.save(emp2);
- s.save(emp3);
- s.save(depart);
- tx.commit();
- } finally {
- if (s != null)
- s.close();
- }
- }
- }
package com.asm.hibernate.test;
public class ManyToOneTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
add();
Employee emp=query(2);
System.out.println("emp type:"+emp);
}
static Employee query(int empId) {
Session s = null;
try {
s = HibernateUtil.getSession();
Employee emp = (Employee) s.get(Employee.class, empId);
System.out.println("Department Name:" + emp.getDepart().getName());
return emp;
} finally {
if (s != null)
s.close();
}
}
static void add() {
Session s = null;
Transaction tx = null;
try {
Department depart = new Department();
depart.setName("departName");
Employee emp = new Employee();
emp.setName("empName");
emp.setDepart(depart);
Sale emp2 = new Sale();
emp2.setName("saleEmployee");
emp2.setSignSale("saleName");
emp2.setDepart(depart);
Skill emp3 = new Skill();
emp3.setName("skillEmployee");
emp3.setSignSkill("skillName");
emp3.setDepart(depart);
s = HibernateUtil.getSession();
tx = s.beginTransaction();
s.save(emp);
s.save(emp2);
s.save(emp3);
s.save(depart);
tx.commit();
} finally {
if (s != null)
s.close();
}
}
}
说明:没的什么可多言的,只是要注意在查询时能返回其子类型。
下面来看执行后employee表的内容:
+----+------+---------------+-----------+----------+-----------+
| id | sign | name | depart_id | signSale | signSkill |
+----+------+---------------+-----------+----------+-----------+
| 1 | 0 | empName | 1 | NULL | NULL |
| 2 | 1 | saleEmployee | 1 | saleName | NULL |
| 3 | 2 | skillEmployee | 1 | NULL | skillName |
+----+------+---------------+-----------+----------+-----------+
先来看sign这列:由于sign是鉴别类型设定的字段,且分别在前面为Employee、Sale、Skill分别配置了“0、1、2”所以它们会在sign体现出来。其实<discriminator column="sign" type="string"/>也可以把type属性值设为“int”等。
再来看“signSale、signSkill”字段:它们本身是专为特定的类的属性配置的字段(比如在第一个<subclass>元素下的property子元素就配置了Sale类的signSale属性):所以它们只适合特定的类,而不适的类将会以null来填充,这也就是如果采取“共享一张表”的最大缺点,它限制了我们不能在子类属性所映射的字段上设定“非空”。由于查询只涉及到一张表,所以效率较高。
(2)每个子类一张附表:
意思是每个类均会有一张表,但是它不是完整的表,因为它的一些字段还在父类的表中。即是说:公共字段放在父表中,子类子类分别放在子类所映射的表中,它们之间采取主外键关联。这样解决了上面的“不能设定为空”的缺限。接上面只需修改Employee.hbm.xml配置文件,修改后的内容如下:
- <class name="Employee">
- <id name="id">
- <generator class="native" />
- </id>
- <property name="name"></property>
- <many-to-one name="depart" column="depart_id" />
- <joined-subclass name="Sale">
- <key column="sale_id" />
- <property name="signSale" />
- </joined-subclass>
- <joined-subclass name="Skill">
- <key column="skill_id" />
- <property name="signSkill" />
- </joined-subclass>
- </class>
<class name="Employee">
<id name="id">
<generator class="native" />
</id>
<property name="name"></property>
<many-to-one name="depart" column="depart_id" />
<joined-subclass name="Sale">
<key column="sale_id" />
<property name="signSale" />
</joined-subclass>
<joined-subclass name="Skill">
<key column="skill_id" />
<property name="signSkill" />
</joined-subclass>
</class>
配置文件说明:当每个子类都会有一张表,在class子元素下设定了<joined-subclass>元素,它的意思就是专门指定为子类映射成一张表,特别要说明的是我们为每个子类都配置了<key>元素,它的作用就是作为外键关联employee表,它的值也是参照class元素的id来生成。执行后的表内容如下:
skill表 +----------+-----------+ | skill_id | signSkill | +----------+-----------+ | 3 | skillName | +----------+-----------+ | sale表 +---------+----------+ | sale_id | signSale | +---------+----------+ | 2 | saleName | +---------+----------+
|
employee表
+----+---------------+-----------+
| id | name | depart_id |
+----+---------------+-----------+
| 1 | empName | 1 |
| 2 | saleEmployee | 1 |
| 3 | skillEmployee | 1 |
+----+---------------+-----------+
执行后请留意hibernate产生的sql语句。
下接hiberante入门(十二):继承关系2 (http://cfeers.iteye.com/blog/747563)