Java Hibernate Cookbook

One-to-one mapping using a common join table

In this method, we will use a third table that contains the relationship between the employee and detail tables. In other words, the third table will hold a primary key value of both tables to represent a relationship between them.

Getting ready

Use the following script to create the tables and classes. Here, we use Employee and EmployeeDetail to show a one-to-one mapping using a common join table:

Creating the tables

Use the following script to create the tables if you are not using hbm2dll=create|update:

Use the following script to create the detail table:

CREATE TABLE `detail` (
  `detail_id` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `city` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`detail_id`)
);

Use the following ...