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See http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.4/moxy/shared_reference_relationships004.htm
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=Mapping Composite Key Relationships=
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If the objects that you want to map have multi-part keys (i.e., a combination of fields that determines uniqueness), you can use EclipseLink's '''@XmlKey''' and '''@XmlJoinNodes''' to set up this relationship.
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One or more '''@XmlKey''' annotations can be used to declare the primary keys in a given class. For a single key, either '''@XmlID''' or '''@XmlKey''' can be used. For composite primary keys, multiple '''@XmlKey''' annotations can be used, or a single '''@XmlID''' can be combined with one or more '''@XmlKey''' annotations.
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In this example, each '''Employee''' has one '''manager''' but multiple '''reports''', and '''Employees''' are uniquely identified by the combination of their '''id''' and '''name''' fields.
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<source lang="java">
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@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
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public class Employee {
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    @XmlID
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    @XmlAttribute
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    private Integer id;
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    @XmlKey
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    @XmlAttribute
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    private String name;
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    @XmlJoinNodes( {
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        @XmlJoinNode(xmlPath = "manager/@id", referencedXmlPath = "@id"),
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        @XmlJoinNode(xmlPath = "manager/@name", referencedXmlPath = "@name") })
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    public Employee manager;
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    @XmlJoinNodes( {
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        @XmlJoinNode(xmlPath = "report/@id", referencedXmlPath = "@id"),
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        @XmlJoinNode(xmlPath = "report/@name", referencedXmlPath = "@name") })
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    public List<Employee> reports = new ArrayList<Employee>();
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    ...
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}
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</source>
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The following example shows how to define this mapping information in EclipseLink's OXM metadata format.
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<source lang="xml">
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...
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<java-type name="Employee">
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  <java-attributes>
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      <xml-attribute java-attribute="id" type="java.lang.Integer" xml-id="true"/>
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      <xml-attribute java-attribute="name" type="java.lang.String"/>
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      <xml-element java-attribute="manager" type="mypackage.Employee" xml-idref="true"/>
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      <xml-element java-attribute="reports" type="mypackage.Employee" container-type="java.util.ArrayList" xml-idref="true"/>
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  </java-attributes>
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</java-type>
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...
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</source>
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This would produce the following XML:
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<source lang="xml">
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<company>
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    <employee id="1" name="Jane Doe">
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        <report>2</report>
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        <report>3</report>
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    </employee>
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    <employee id="2" name="John Smith">
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        <manager>1</manager>
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    </employee>
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    <employee id="3" name="Anne Jones">
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        <manager>1</manager>
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    </employee>
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</company>
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</source>
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The '''manager''' and '''reports''' elements contain the IDs of the '''Employee''' instances they are referencing.
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== Using @XmlList ==
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Because the '''@XmlIDREF''' annotation is also compatible with the '''@XmlList''' annotation, the '''Employee''' object could be modeled as:
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<source lang="java">
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@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
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public class Employee {
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    @XmlID
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    @XmlAttribute
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    private Integer id;
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    @XmlAttribute
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    private String name;
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    @XmlIDREF
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    private Employee manager;
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    @XmlIDREF
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    @XmlList
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    private List<Employee> reports;
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    ...
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}
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</source>
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This would produce the following XML:
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<source lang="xml">
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<company>
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  <employee id="1" name="Jane Doe">
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      <reports>2 3</reports>
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  </employee>
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  <employee id="2" name="John Smith">
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      <manager>1</manager>
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  </employee>
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  <employee id="3" name="Anne Jones">
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      <manager>1</manager>
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  </employee>
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</company>
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</source>
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|previous=[[EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Relationships/Shared Reference/Keys and Foreign Keys/Single Key|Single Key]]
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|up      =[[EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Relationships/Shared Reference/Keys and Foreign Keys|Keys and Foreign Keys]]
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|next    =[[EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Relationships/Shared Reference/Keys and Foreign Keys/Embedded Key Class|Embedded Key Class]]
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}}
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Latest revision as of 10:27, 8 November 2012

See http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.4/moxy/shared_reference_relationships004.htm

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