Hibernate question - map ArrayList

Question

I m wondering how can i map a class having arrayList which should keep its values to another table. Let take some code for example.

Class Person
{
int id;
String name;
ArrayList<String> childNames

}

in db has 2 tables 1. Person -> storing id and name 2. Childs -> storing child name and id //pseudo Object A

id;
name Ivan
ArrayList childs = new ArrayList();
childs.add("Peter");
Chidls.add("Lora");

so in db it shoud looks like

Table Person
id name 
1   Ivan

Table Childs
id    name
1     Peter
1     Lora

But using annotations, any suggestions?

Regards thanks

Tomasz Nurkiewicz · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-17 15:18:25Z

1

Use @IndexColumn annotation. Also prefer List interface over ArrayList, Hibernate uses some specific implementations of this interface.

answered Jun 17, 2011 at 15:18

Tomasz Nurkiewicz

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Thanks Tomasz ,i will check it out.