I would like to set cascade styles at runtime for certain associations. But I want to set the cascade style on a per-Hibernate session basis, not globally.

For example, the XML mapping for an association may specify cascade="none", but, just for a particular Hibernate session, I want to set the cascade style to cascade="all, delete-orphan".

What is the easiest way to set association cascade styles at runtime and on a per-Hibernate session basis?

Geoff

You may want to look at section 4.4. Lifecycle Callbacks in the reference documentation:

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onSave(), onDelete() and onUpdate() may be used to cascade saves and deletions of dependent objects. This is an alternative to declaring cascaded operations in the mapping file.
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I would prefer to be able to set cascade styles at runtime by manipulating metadata. I am seeking to do something similar to what is described in Section 3.3.4: Manipulating metadata at runtime of HIA.

Does anybody have any advice concerning how to extend the example in Section 3.3.4 of HIA to include setting cascade styles of an association?

I was wondering if there was any concrete examples of a solution to this issue [RE: set cascade art run time]

The Reference doc does make this reference [Chapter 4 Persistent Classes: Section 4.4 LifeCycle Callbacks]:

onSave(), onDelete() and onUpdate() may be used to cascade saves and deletions of dependent objects. This is an alternative to declaring cascaded operations in the mapping file.

Anyone have any pointers to an example/how-to/implementation ?

I posted a possible solution here:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=990537