Path expected for join hibernate

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Path Expected for Join in Hibernate

When performing joins in Hibernate, you need to specify the paths for joining related entities. The path represents the relationship between the entities that you want to join. There are two types of paths that can be used for joins in Hibernate:

  1. Association Path: It represents a direct relationship between two entities using their associations. Associations in Hibernate are defined through mappings such as @OneToOne, @OneToMany, @ManyToOne, @ManyToMany.
  2. Collection Path: It represents a relationship between two entities through a collection. These collections are usually defined using mappings such as @OneToMany or @ManyToMany with a collection type.

Examples:

Let’s consider an example where we have two entities: Author and Book, with a one-to-many relationship between them. An author can have multiple books. 

    
      public class Author {
        @OneToMany(mappedBy = "author")
        private Set<Book> books;
      }
      
      public class Book {
        @ManyToOne
        private Author author;
      }

To join these two entities using Hibernate, you can use the following paths: 

    
      // Association Path
      String associationPath = "author";
      
      // Collection Path
      String collectionPath = "books";

The association path “author” represents the direct relationship between the Author and Book entities. This path can be used when you want to fetch the author information along with the associated books.

The collection path “books” represents the relationship between the Author and Book entities through the collection of books. This path can be used when you want to fetch all the books associated with an author.

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