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Hibernate version: 3

Mapping documents: none so far

Name and version of the database you are using: oracle 9

hi..

i'm wondering if this is possible. i have a graph of java beans. all java beans must have a reference to their root class, which can create them, the reason is to ensure a unique id for all classes (i can't use hibernate for this, becouse this classes actually wrap and delegate jaxb classes.

i think many-to-can help here, saying the all the classes in the graph have a link to the root class (via setter and getter), but do i know it will be same root instance for all the clases in the graph?

for example:

i have an order class and orderLines class
now orderLines must have a setOrder and getOrder methtods

the order class has createOrderLines (and gives the lines a uniq id).
the createOrderLines does 2 things:
create uniqid for the line, (via a none static counter in ther Order Class)
inserts it's own rerfrence via setOrder in OrderLines class

now hibernate only uses no-op consturctors for creating classes, so i'm thinking the only way to do this is to use many-to-one.