Coffee with Thorben 2020-01-15 – Association Pitfalls & Enum Mappings

By Thorben Janssen

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Association Mapping Pitfalls

The mapping of associations seems easy but there are several pitfalls you should avoid.

Articles mentioned in the video:

Ultimate Guide – Association Mappings with JPA and Hibernate
Entity Mappings: Introduction to JPA FetchTypes
Why you should avoid CascadeType.REMOVE for to-many associations and what to do instead
How to Choose the Most Efficient Data Type for To-Many Associations – Bag vs. List vs. Set

Question of the Week

Is there a way to make JPA ignore invalid types of enum?

About the author

Thorben is an independent consultant, international speaker, and trainer specialized in solving Java persistence problems with JPA and Hibernate.
He is also the author of Amazon’s bestselling book Hibernate Tips - More than 70 solutions to common Hibernate problems.