a class has a method getChildren() now I just want to delete one child using session.delete(aChild). if I invoke getChildren() it still contains the child I deleted.
Is it possible to make the deletion of the child update the set that is returned from getChildren() or is it just not how it is supposed to be done?

I come to think about 2 different sollutions;
1. explicitly remove the child from the getChildren() Set. problem is that there might be several sets that need to be explicitly updated, and also, the set might not be available where the deletion occurs.

2. I dont delete the child, but instead removes it from the Set and update. That just feels like a stupid thing to do..

Need some pointing in the right direction here!
Thanks!

You can define a mapping, so that the child objects are deleted when they are removed from the parent's collection.

The mapping is as follows (within the parent class mapping):



This assumes, that the children are associated by a foreign key to the parent in the child's table.

I believe, the key points are the cascade and the inverse part.

Does that help?

All the best,

René