Hi,

i have the following mapping:

[list=]when i persist my class- the map is persistet well :)
[list=]when i delete my class- the map is deleted well :)

BUT when i remove an element of the map - the element is mot deleted - what will rais at a later point in my code an constrained violation :(
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Ok - is there an option to CASCADE the remove-Operation of an item of the map ?

When not - is the only way to solve my problem to delete the item myself with a dao ?

Regards, Tobias

Hi,

I think you need to use CascadeType.DELETE_ORPHAN in addition to CascadeType.ALL (the org.hibernate.annotations version rather than javax.persistance).

It's my understanding that hibernate will not assume that an entity can be safely deleted when it's removed from a collection, as it doesn't know if the entity is being used elsewhere (entities have their own independant lifecycle). DELETE_ORPHAN is the way of telling hibernate that you don't want to keep persisting an entity that's been removed from an association.

-Paul