Hi im having a problema whith an hibernate mapping, i like to map a structure like a menu


I have a class named MenuComponent and two subclasses of it, Menu and MenuItem.

A Menu has a list (indexed) of Menu components (could be others menus or menu items)

when i try to persist the menu, it do nothing

can somebody help my whith this problem, what im doing wrong in the mapping file

thanks in advance and sorry for my english y know is very poor


Mapping file


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN" "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-mapping package="uy.com.jrsoftware.security.accessibility.menu">
<class name="MenuComponent" discriminator-value="menuComponent">

<id name="objectId">
<generator class="native" />
</id>

<discriminator column="componentType"/>

<property name="text" />

<subclass name="Menu" discriminator-value="menu" >
<list name="menuComponents">
<key column="parent"/>
<list-index column="menuComponentsIdx"/>
<one-to-many class="MenuComponent"/>
</list>
</subclass>

<subclass name="MenuItem" discriminator-value="menuItem">
<property name="action" />
</subclass>

</class>
</hibernate-mapping>