This is from the JPA spec - Sounds like cascade=REMOVE should not be
used on ManyToMany. However I'm recalling that some databases do
provide DDL for the kind of cascade delete behavior that I want.
2.1.7 - "The relationship modeling annotation constrains the use of the
cascade=REMOVE specification. The
cascade=REMOVE specification should only be applied to associations that
are specified as One-
ToOne or OneToMany. Applications that apply cascade=REMOVE to other
associations are not portable."
On 4/3/2009 10:43 AM, Paul Copeland wrote:
Will CascadeType.REMOVE on a ManyToMany mapping remove the join table
row? Even if the Collections has not been loaded lazily? Or do I have
to iterate over the Collection and remove each element before removing
the enity? I do NOT want to remove the referenced Entity on the other
side of the ManyToMany association, just the row in the join table.
@ManyToMany (fetch=FetchType.LAZY,
cascade={CascadeType.PERSIST,CascadeType.REMOVE})
- Paul
