Sorry, I'm confuse and I'm using horizontal inheritance

Federico 

-----Original Message-----
From: Lachlan Deck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Martes, 15 de Julio de 2008 06:42 p.m.
To: Federico Hernandez
Cc: 'Development WebObjects'
Subject: Re: Prefetching relationship issue

On 16/07/2008, at 9:05 AM, Federico Hernandez wrote:

> - I'm using vertical inheritance.
> - Yes, Entity A maps to a table ENTITY_A, but it is abstract, so its  
> table
> is empty.

That doesn't make sense. It either maps to a table or it doesn't -  
regardless of whether it's abstract. The flag isAbstract simply says  
to the runtime 'cannot be instantiated' (same as public abstract  
class...) which is a separate concept to whether or not it has an  
external table or data.

What you've described is horizontal inheritance where the super entity  
has not external table mapped and therefore must be abstract.

> - No, Entity B maps to its own table ENTITY_B.
>
> - Because I'm using VI, I didn't use a restricting qualifier

Horizontal inheritance can't have restricting qualifiers AFAIK (only  
ST or VI can).

I don't know that you can have a many-to-many table with HI.

If you do indeed have VI - then I suggest using a restricting qualifier.
I use an attribute entityType in my parent entity. You can populate it  
during awakeFromInsertion and define the restricting qualifier  
relevant in the model for each subclass.

with regards,
--

Lachlan Deck

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