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How do I map the following?
In my current system I have a class called Link which simply has two attributes (id,name).
id is the primary key in the respective table.
name is what gets displayed .

I reuse the Link concept anytime I need to reference an other object.
eg- link to User
link to Account

My UI tier knows how to interpret this data structure.

I have tried to simplify by omitting everything we dont need.


public class Account {

Link user ;
Link bank;
String no
Double balance.
..
}


public class Link {
String id
String desc
}


SQL-
Select user.id, user.name, bank.id, bank.name ...
from account ,user, bank
where ...

public void constructAccount{
Account acc = new Accout();
acc.setUser( new Link(results.getString(user.id),
results.getString(user.name))
)
acc.setBank( new Link(results.getString(bank.id),
results.getString(bank.name))
)

}


So my question is how do I map this Link concept? The column name changes wrt the Link I need.
I am trying to use Hibernate without changing the existing datastructure and data model so that I can isolate the changes to the DAO tier.
thanks a lot for any input or pointers

I coudl not figure out how to get this done? Anyone can you get me pointed in the right direction
thx

you need to have an Id in the Account object. what is the primary key for the object?