@IndexColumn name default

svenmeier · **Joined:** Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:18 am **Posts:** 2

I'm just starting with Hibernate annotations and JPA - everthing works great!

I really like that I don't need any database specific settings (e.g. table and column names). I don't want to keep them in my Java sources and I'm hesitant to use additional XML configurations.

But using indexed lists (not bags) spoils this impression:

Code:

@OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
@IndexColumn(name = "INDEX")
private List<Foo> children;

Why doesn't the Hibernate offer a default value for the 'name' element?
Won't it be called 'index' in most cases anyway - at least if your database doesn't grump on a homonymous keyword.

Couldn't Hibernate be smarter than I am (it probably is already ;) and default to a suitable index column name?

Sven

emmanuel · **Posted:** Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:54 pm

svenmeier wrote:

Won't it be called 'index' in most cases anyway - at least if your database doesn't grump on a homonymous keyword.

you got it

Quote:

Couldn't Hibernate be smarter than I am (it probably is already ;) and default to a suitable index column name?

changing the default would mean non portability

svenmeier · **Joined:** Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:18 am **Posts:** 2

emmanuel wrote:

changing the default

Well, there's no default. That's what I'm complaining about:

http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/annotations/api/org/hibernate/annotations/IndexColumn.html

Sven

emmanuel · **Posted:** Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:00 pm

If there is none, that's because I didn't find one when I developed the feature
IBut I'am not against, Open a JIRA issue if you come up with a decent name (index is not :-) )