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Michael Dick updated OPENJPA-670:
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Fix Version/s: 1.3.0
1.2.0
> Discriminator column is missing from table when inheritance is used without
> annotation
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> Key: OPENJPA-670
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-670
> Project: OpenJPA
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: jdbc
> Affects Versions: 1.2.0, 1.3.0
> Reporter: Jeremy Bauer
> Fix For: 1.2.0, 1.3.0
>
> Attachments: openjpa-670.patch
>
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> According to the EJB 3.0 JPA spec (pp. 191, section 9.1.29):
> "If the Inheritance annotation is not specified or if no inheritance type is
> specified for an entity class
> hierarchy, the SINGLE_TABLE mapping strategy is used."
> I've found that if an entity inheritance hierarchy is specified without an
> explicit DiscriminatorColumn or Inheritance annotation, a single table will
> be used for mapping, but there will be no discriminator column in the table.
> pp. 191 - 192, section 9.1.30 of the spec reads:
> "For the SINGLE_TABLE mapping strategy, and typically also for the JOINED
> strategy, the persistence
> provider will use a type discriminator column."
> and
> "If the DiscriminatorColumn annotation is missing, and a discriminator column
> is required, the
> name of the discriminator column defaults to "DTYPE" and the discriminator
> type to STRING."
> Without a discriminator column a scenario such as:
> entity B extends entity A
> entity C extends entity A
> "select c from C" will return entities of type A, B, and C (which is a data
> integrity issue) because there is no way to distinguish between the entity
> types.
> The simple workaround is to specify an @Inheritance or @DiscriminatorColumn
> annotation on the root class, but OpenJPA should exhibit default behavior
> defined by the spec when these annotations are not specified.
> I have a patch and jUnits in the works and will post them shortly.
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