number columns that can be null; map them to string props?

dkarr · **Joined:** Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:22 pm **Posts:** 67

Using Hibernate 3.0.5 and JDK 1.4.2.

I'm new to Hibernate. I haven't gotten into the refdoc yet.

I have an Oracle table with two columns that are defined as NUMBER, but they are nullable, and one or more of them will often be null. If I do a straightforward mapping, it would be to an "int" property, but that won't work, as I need to know if the value is null or not.

Can I map the NUMBER columns to String properties? If the column value is null, then the String value will be null, correct? Is this the best strategy to map this table?

tenwit · **Joined:** Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:08 pm **Posts:** 2008

Best strategy is to map them as Integers.