Hello folks, I'm wondering if there is how to override the annotations in a class like this

public class Country {
List stateList;
...
...
@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
@JoinColumn(name="country_id")
public List<State> getStateList() {
return stateList;
}
}

public class Address {
Country country;
* I want to override the property stateList in the Class Country. The stateList is not necessary
* in this entity
}

Anyone knows how to do it? thanks.

@AttributeOverrides

Refrence: http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/ ... ml_single/

You're fast. I read about this method, it seems to override the column names, but doesn't show how to override annotations. My problem is, when I need someone's address, I don't need a list of states, I just need the Country, that's it. On the other hand, when I need a Country object (to load an option list with states), I do need the list of states.

By the way, if I could override the annotation, I would override it with @Transient, then hibernate would ignore the field (I guess).

Have you looked into Lazy Fetching? Transient may cause you problems when inserting data I think

Yeah, maybe you're right, maybe hibernate will not allow me to do anyway.