A unidirectional many-to-one association is the most common kind of unidirectional association.
<class name="Person"> <id name="id" column="personId"> <generator class="native"/> </id> <many-to-one name="address" column="addressId" not-null="true"/> </class> <class name="Address"> <id name="id" column="addressId"> <generator class="native"/> </id> </class>
create table Person ( personId bigint not null primary key, addressId bigint not null ) create table Address ( addressId bigint not null primary key )
A unidirectional one-to-one association on a foreign key is almost identical. The only difference is the column unique constraint.
<class name="Person"> <id name="id" column="personId"> <generator class="native"/> </id> <many-to-one name="address" column="addressId" unique="true" not-null="true"/> </class> <class name="Address"> <id name="id" column="addressId"> <generator class="native"/> </id> </class>
create table Person ( personId bigint not null primary key, addressId bigint not null unique ) create table Address ( addressId bigint not null primary key )
A unidirectional one-to-one association on a primary key usually uses a special id generator. (Notice that we've reversed the direction of the association in this example.)
<class name="Person"> <id name="id" column="personId"> <generator class="native"/> </id> </class> <class name="Address"> <id name="id" column="personId"> <generator class="foreign"> <param name="property">person</param> </generator> </id> <one-to-one name="person" constrained="true"/> </class>
create table Person ( personId bigint not null primary key ) create table Address ( personId bigint not null primary key )
A unidirectional one-to-many association on a foreign key is a very unusual case, and is not really recommended.
<class name="Person"> <id name="id" column="personId"> <generator class="native"/> </id> <set name="addresses"> <key column="personId" not-null="true"/> <one-to-many class="Address"/> </set> </class> <class name="Address"> <id name="id" column="addressId"> <generator class="native"/> </id> </class>
create table Person ( personId bigint not null primary key ) create table Address ( addressId bigint not null primary key, personId bigint not null )
We think it's better to use a join table for this kind of association.