Hi,

I have a hibernate object that references another hibernate object, eg

public class A {
private B b;

public B getB() {
return b;
}

public void setB(B b) {
this.b = b;
}

}

with the relevant part of A.hbm.xml being:
...
<many-to-one
name="b"
class="B"
cascade="all-delete-orphan"
outer-join="auto"
update="true"
insert="true"
column="b_id"
/>
...

Now, when I dereference B from A, as in a.setB(null) I want the B object to be removed from the database - hence I have been using cascade="all-delete-orphan". However, all I'm finding is that the b_id column is being set to null, and the record is not being deleted?

Version: 3.05

any ideas?


Row

In your scenario the setup is as follows:

Object B - maps- Object A1
Object B - maps- Object A2
Object B - maps- Object A3

And your tests are to delete Object B from Object A1 by setting it to null. If as per your idea, lets say Object B is removed from database. According to the cascade option, Object A2 and Object A3 should also be deleted because those child objects cannot exist without parent Object B. Is that your intention?