Hi,
I'm not sure I understand. Are you asking how to get a Java enum to
use your special values, or for OpenJPA to map your special type?
Java enum types assign the ordinal values without any help from the
programmer. If you want your own values, ordinal isn't the right
concept. You would need your own value type as an extra attribute of
your Enum class, and then use a special OpenJPA mapping to get the
values to and from the database.
Craig
On Dec 17, 2009, at 11:33 AM, KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) wrote:
I'm trying to map a field that is essentially an enumerated type. The
ordinal values are stored in the DB. I can specify
"@Enumerated(EnumType.ORDINAL)" on the field, and then in the
definition
of my Java enumerated type, I can define the possible values I can
expect. What seems to be missing here is that I have to map specific
ordinal values. I can't just assume the first value maps to "0",
and so
on. I don't see an obvious way to define an enumerated type where I
can
set the ordinal values. Am I missing something simple here?
Craig L Russell
Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://db.apache.org/jdo
408 276-5638 mailto:[email protected]
P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
