>Here the children set in the Parent object is >readonly. Does it mean any modification to any "Child >element" in the Children set will not be persisted to >database( an violation of usual persistence by >reachability)? In
No, it is nothing to do with cascades. >this sense, the "readonly" applies >to the set element. Or Does it mean any addition and >removal from the Children set will not be persisted to >the database? In this sense, the "readonly" applies to >the set itself. Yes, thats exactly what it means. >If we have a bidirectinoal association, but I do not >specify the readonly for one end of the association. >What can be resulted from it? Extra unnecessary SQL statements will be executed. >Also why can the "readonly" attribute not be specified >for <list> element? I was being ultra-conservative. This is supported in hibernate-mapping-2.0.dtd (ie. Hibernate2). You can even allow it in 1.2, simply by editing the DTD. (Note that this is renamed "inverse" in H2) ********************************************************************** Any personal or sensitive information contained in this email and attachments must be handled in accordance with the Victorian Information Privacy Act 2000, the Health Records Act 2001 or the Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth), as applicable. This email, including all attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose, distribute, copy or use the information contained in this email or attachments. Any confidentiality or privilege is not waived or lost because this email has been sent to you in error. If you have received it in error, please let us know by reply email, delete it from your system and destroy any copies. ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel