@Entity
@Inheritance(strategy=InheritanceType.SINGLE_TABLE)
@DiscriminatorValue("1")
public class InheritanceWithSingleTable {
public InheritanceWithSingleTable(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
private String name;
@Basic(optional=false)
public String getName(){
return name;
}
public void setName(String name){
this.name = name;
}
private long id;
@Id
@GeneratedValue
public long getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(long id) {
this.id = id;
}
// .....
}

@Entity
@DiscriminatorValue("2")
public class InheritanceWithSingleTableChild extends InheritanceWithSingleTable {
public InheritanceWithSingleTableChild(String name){
super(name);
}
@Override
@Transient
public String getName() {
return "START " + super.getName() + " END ";
}
//...
}

InheritanceWithSingleTableChild child = InheritanceWithSingleTableChild("foo");
// ... save, prerist
// childReladed the child reloaded from DB
String result = childReloaded.getName();
//the expected result would be "START foo END", but I get "START START foo END END "

Assuming that I can not change the classes, only the annotations or XML mappings
//is it possible to get the expected behaviour "START foo END"?

Hi,

use field-based access! If you use property-based access the result of the getter is actually stored in the database.

Robin.

Thanks