Yes, please do. I've been trying to figure this one out as well. On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Jaime Metcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sebastian, > > I use a custom converter that knows explictly where to prune the > association tree, as there's no consistent way to know whether any given > reference (i.e. foreign key) is internal to the aggregate or external. > With a domain model with lots of cross-linking you can easily have external > references at any level in the association graph, not just the top level. > I can chase up some code tomorrow if you're interested. > > Regards > Jaime > > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Sebastian Götz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Users,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I am trying to use XSTREAM as serialization engine to backup my database. >> We use hibernate as OR mapper. **** >> >> My intention is to serialize table by table (entity class by entity >> class). And so I came across associations. **** >> >> If I serialized each table standalone at the end I will have any instance >> serialized. The problem now is to enforce the foreign key. So I want to >> only serialize the unique id for associated entities.**** >> >> So when restoring the database again I can easily recreate the >> constraints. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> How can I achieve this? All may entities derive from a base class so I >> have a good point to start at. But I do not know how to detect in a >> converter whether the current object is a top level entity or an >> association.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Kind regards**** >> >> >> Sebastian Götz**** >> >> ** ** >> > >
