2013/11/11 Emmanuel Bernard <emman...@hibernate.org> > As we discussed on Irc but for posterity. > > EntityKey represents what you need to reach an entity. It contains both > the actual id information and the metadata necessary to do the query. > Likewise, we have AssociationKey that does represent an association > navigation. > RowKey is used to represent two things: > - each entry key in an association navigation (which is conceptually a > map) > - the unique identifier to reach a sequence or a table generator entry >
Thanks for the clarification, much appreciated. I tend to like the fact that these are typed differently so in a way I'd > split the RowKey in two more than merge everything together. If anything it > makes is easier for a GridDialect writer to understand what's going on. > Davide pointed out that a common super interface might be useful in a > couple of places. > Yes, that would make sense. I think this was what I actually meant to ask, it just wasn't clear to me when writing the original question :) Emmanuel > > On 8 nov. 2013, at 13:20, Gunnar Morling wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This may be a noob question, but what is the difference between RowKey > and > > EntityKey in OGM? > > > > Both seem to represent one row (by means of table name + key column > names + > > column values), albeit being implemented a bit differently. Could they be > > merged into one class? > > > > Thanks, > > > > --Gunnar > > _______________________________________________ > > hibernate-dev mailing list > > hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org > > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev > > _______________________________________________ hibernate-dev mailing list hibernate-dev@lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev
