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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:53:42 -0600
From: Larry Meadors <larry.meadors@gmail.com>
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To: user-java@ibatis.apache.org, debradley@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Mapping Composition (aka composite property, aka value objects)
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Can you explain more how the model is in Java, and in the database?

Larry


On 9/19/05, Dan Bradley <debradley@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have one entity, a Product, which holds a Price as a composed (not
> related) entity. A Price is a numeric value and a currency code as a
> String. Prices don't have a distinct identity in the database - they
> are value objects, so this is not the more usual persistent entity to
> persistent entity relationship mapping.
>=20
> How would you map this using iBATIS? I've tried a variety of things
> without success and can't yet find any documentation that covers this
> situation. Thanks.