Hibernate Association Mappings

Hibernate supports one-one, one-to-many/many-to-one, and many-to-many association mappings. The mapping modeling is same with standard O/R Mapping Modeling. However, Hibernate provides special options to define its association mappings, which will be saved into <Class>.hbm.xml mapping file. PowerDesigner allows you to define standard association attributes like Container Type implementation class, role navigability, array size and specific extended attributes for Hibernate association mappings.

• Defining Hibernate Association Mapping Options
  You define Hibernate association mapping options as follows:
• Collection Management Options
  The following options are available:
• Persistence Options
  The following options are available:
• Mapping Collections of Value Types
  If there is a value type class on the navigable role side of an association with a multiplicity of one, PowerDesigner will embed the value type in the entity type as a composite attribute.