这部分的内容基本与Hibernate一致.JPA同样支持3种类型的继承形式:

1.Single Table Strategy ,单表策略,一张表包含基类与子类的所有数据,很多情况下都是采用这样的冗余设计,通过一个discriminator来区分

2.Table Per Class Strategy ,每个子类对应一张表,每张表都拥有基类的属性

3.Join Strategy ,仍然是每个子类对应一张表，但此表中不包含基类的属性,仅仅是此子类的扩展属性,共享基类的属性

以一个例子来说明3种情况:

一.单表策略

比如Pet作为基类,Cat和Dog继承此类并拥有自己的扩展属性,如:

package com.denny_blue.ejb3.inheritance;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;

@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
@DiscriminatorColumn(name = "animal_type", discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)
public class Pet implements Serializable {
 private int id;

 private String name;

 private double weight;

 public Pet() {
 }

 @Id
 @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
 public int getId() {
  return id;
 }

 public void setId(int id) {
  this.id = id;
 }

 public String getName() {
  return name;
 }

 public void setName(String name) {
  this.name = name;
 }

 public double getWeight() {
  return weight;
 }

 public void setWeight(double weight) {
  this.weight = weight;
 }

}

Pet类值的注意的就是通过@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)确定采用单表策略,通过@DiscriminatorColumn确定了标志值的字段和类型，我想熟悉hibernate的朋友对这些都应该很熟悉.然后是两个子类:

//Cat.java

package com.denny_blue.ejb3.inheritance;

import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;

@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
@DiscriminatorColumn(discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.STRING)
@DiscriminatorValue("cat")
public class Cat extends Pet {
 private String HairBall;

 public String getHairBall() {
  return HairBall;
 }

 public void setHairBall(String hairBall) {
  HairBall = hairBall;
 }

}

//Dog.java

package com.denny_blue.ejb3.inheritance;

import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;
import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorValue;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Inheritance;
import javax.persistence.InheritanceType;

@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy=InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
@DiscriminatorColumn(discriminatorType=DiscriminatorType.STRING)
@DiscriminatorValue("dog")
public class Dog extends Pet {
 private String trick;

 public String getTrick() {
  return trick;
 }

 public void setTrick(String trick) {
  this.trick = trick;
 }

}

两个子类最值的关注的就是@DiscriminatorValue注释,比如Cat的此值为cat,意味着当Cat类型的Entity存入数据库时,JPA将自动把cat的值赋给animal_type字段,Dog的值则为dog,由此就可以在同一张表中区分开两个不同的子类.

二.Table per Class

采用Table Per Class策略的话，每个子类都将单独建表，并且都独立拥有基类中的所有属性,互相之间不共享,在我们的例子中所要进行的修改很小,像这样:

//基类

@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.TABLE_PER_CLASS)
public class Pet implements Serializable {
 private int id;

 private String name;

 private double weight;

........

//子类:不需要任何设置

@Entity
public class Dog extends Pet {
 private String trick;

  .......

  .......

三.Join策略

每个子类同样独立建表,基类也独立建表，只不过所有的子类的表中只有扩展属性,他们共享基类的表,在我们的例子中修改下即可:

//基类

@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
public class Pet implements Serializable {
 private int id;

 private String name;

 private double weight;

  ........

//子类

@Entity

@Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
public class Dog extends Pet {
 private String trick;

  .......

  .......

这部分的内容实在没什么新意,与hibernate完全一致.JAVA EE5向spring和hibernate借鉴了太多东西.
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