Map a String type as a object ref using Annotation

mlin042 · **Joined:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:07 pm **Posts:** 2

Hi
Poor subject title I know, I don't know if this can be done but I'll explain with the example below:

Code:

public class Passport {
...
@ManyToOne
@JoinColumn(name = "COUNTRYCODE")   
private CountryCode country;
...
}

The mapping is a ManyToOne annotation mapping which generates a Varchar in mysql with a FK to CountryCode table. I would like to keep using with hbm2ddl though out my project to generate my db schema but in my object model, I want the country in Passport object to be a type String but still have it generated as with FK to CountryCode table in db. Is there another way to map it with annotation to achieve what I describe above or I just have to maintain my schema myself and give up using hbm2ddl?

Thank you.

emmanuel · **Posted:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:35 am

You can mark this getter as private and create a public getter that does the String transformation.