map multiple objects to a single field?

FriedDust · **Posted:** Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:06 am

can we map multiple objects to a single field??
suppose i have a table ->

Code:

ID   userID    userType
1        1          student
2        2          student
3        1          teacher
4        2          teacher

Pojo
Long ID
Student student
Teacher teacher

I want to map the userID to student if the userType is stduent and map to teacher if the userType is teacher.

amersohail794 · **Joined:** Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:18 am **Posts:** 31

if you inherit Student and Teacher class through a common class say Person and use class per hierarchy strategy, then you can achieve results which you want.