to-many中many的一方进行设置(当然,在many一方,可能是在<set>也可能是在<bag>也可能是在<array>中进行设置),而对于one方,是不进行Inverse设置的。在Hibernate社区,inverse默认值为false。
本节班级(Class类)与学生(Student)、学生(Student)与课程(Course)来进行说明。
{
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
public virtual int Gender { get; set; }
public virtual Class Class { get; set; }
//public virtual int ClassId { get; set; }
public virtual IList<Course> Courses { get; set; }
}
配置(基本部分,不含many-to-one配置。因为各种测试下inverse\cascade值可能不同,所以具体将在各种测试中给出):
<hibernate-mapping xmlns= " urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2 ">
< class name= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Student,NHibernateCascadeInverse " lazy= " true " table= " Student ">
<id column= " Id " name= " Id " type= " Int32 ">
<generator class= " native "></generator>
</id>
<property name= " Name " column= " Name "></property>
<property name= " Gender " column= " Gender "></property>
<!--<property name= " ClassId " column= " ClassId "></property>-->
</ class>
</hibernate-mapping>
{
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual string SerialNO { get; set; }
public virtual int DepartmentId { get; set; }
public virtual ISet<Student> Students { get; set; }
}
<hibernate-mapping xmlns= " urn:nhibernate-mapping-2.2 ">
< class name= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Class,NHibernateCascadeInverse ">
<id name= " Id " >
<generator class= " native "></generator>
</id>
<property column= " SerialNO " name= " SerialNO " type= " string "></property>
<property column= " DepartmentId " name= " DepartmentId " type= " Int32 "></property>
</ class>
</hibernate-mapping>
测试1:希望在添加班级时,将若干新学生到该班级中。(注意:在此次测试中,删除了Class表与Student表之间的主外键关系。正常为保证数据的完整性还是应建立主外键关系)
class="NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Class,NHibernateCascadeInverse" >
<column name="ClassId" not-null="false" sql-type="int"></column>
</many-to-one>
<key column="ClassId" ></key>
<one-to-many class="NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Student,NHibernateCascadeInverse"/>
</set>
publicvoid ClassAddTest()
{
Class classEntity = new Class
{
SerialNO = "C0302",
DepartmentId = 36,
Students =
new HashedSet<Student> {new Student {Name = "zhangsan"}, new Student {Name = "zhangsan1"}}
};
var repository = new ClassRepository();
repository.Add(classEntity);
}

据插入的Class对象的ClassId将刚插入的Student进行批量更新。
<key column="ClassId" ></key>
<one-to-many class="NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Student,NHibernateCascadeInverse"/>
</set>
class= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Class,NHibernateCascadeInverse " >
<column name= " ClassId " not- null= " false " sql-type= " int "></column>
</many-to-one>
测试2 结果:

通过以上信息可知:数据被正常保存了,插入数据时,已经为待插入的Student对象构造
好了外键。所以在one-to-many关联中一般通过将many一方(如上例中的Student)作为维护双方关系
的主控方,也就是在one(如上例中的Class)设置inverse="true"
个学生对应多门课程,一门课程也对应许多学生。
{
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
public virtual string Name { get; set; }
public virtual int TeacherId { get; set; }
public virtual IList<Student> Students { get; set; }
}
Course的映射:(many-to-many部分没有给出,在各种测试中进行不同配置)
< class name= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Course,NHibernateCascadeInverse " lazy= " true " >
<id column= " Id " name= " Id " type= " Int32 ">
<generator class= " native "></generator>
</id>
<property name= " Name " column= " Name "></property>
<property name= " TeacherId " column= " teacherID "></property>
</ class>
</hibernate-mapping>
< class name= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Student,NHibernateCascadeInverse " lazy= " true " table= " Student ">
<id column= " Id " name= " Id " type= " Int32 ">
<generator class= " native "></generator>
</id>
<property name= " Name " column= " Name "></property>
<property name= " Gender " column= " Gender "></property>
<many-to-one name= " Class "
class= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Class,NHibernateCascadeInverse " >
<column name= " ClassId " not- null= " false " sql-type= " int "></column>
</many-to-one>
<property name= " ClassId " column= " ClassId "></property>
</ class>
</hibernate-mapping>
设置Student为主控方,即Course的Inverse设置为true.Student many-to-many映射
<key foreign-key= " FK_CourseInfo_Student " column= " StudentId "></key>
<many-to-many class= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Course,NHibernateCascadeInverse " column= " CourseId "></many-to-many>
</bag>
Course many-to-many映射
<key foreign-key= " FK_CourseInfo_Course " column= " CourseId ">
</key>
<many-to-many column= " StudentID " class= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Student,NHibernateCascadeInverse "></many-to-many>
</bag>
publicvoid ManyToMany_Test()
{
var student = new Student { Gender = 1, Name = "testAccount", ClassId = 10 };
var course = new Course { Name = "Computer", TeacherId = 1 };
student.Courses = new List<Course> { course };
course.Students = new List<Student> { student };
StudentRepository studentRepository = new StudentRepository();
CourseRepository courseRepository = new CourseRepository();
//courseRepository.Add(course);
studentRepository.Add(student);
}
测试3 结果:

测试三中,以Student为主控方,保存信息的时候也以Student进行保存。倘若以Course一方进行保存,
数据也能正常写入吗?
测试4: 以受控方(Course )测试保存many-to-many的数据
publicvoid ManyToMany_Test()
{
var student = new Student { Gender = 1, Name = "testAccount", ClassId = 10 };
var course = new Course { Name = "Computer", TeacherId = 1 };
student.Courses = new List<Course> { course };
course.Students = new List<Student> { student };
CourseRepository courseRepository = new CourseRepository();
courseRepository.Add(course);
}
测试4结果:

由测试三、测试四可以看出:两种情况下就Student与Course表的写入顺序不一样,但都能保存正常。所以在many-to-many中,以哪方作为主控方,没有影响。
设置对象关联关系中的级联操作。以上用了cascade="all"。其实它还有其他值:
先通过一个测试简单了解cascade 的作用。
<key column= " ClassId " ></key>
<one-to-many class= " NHibernateCascadeInverse.Entities.Student,NHibernateCascadeInverse "/>
</ set>
Student的配置还如测试一,保持不变。
测试5 结果如下:

还以Class与Student为例进行删除测试。
测试准备:通过测试1,添加一个班级、两条学生信息。
测试:将删除班级中一条学生信息,然后删除班级
测试代码:
public void DeleteClassTest()
{
var repository = new ClassRepository();
Class @class = repository.Get( 287);
IEnumerator<Student> students = @class.Students.GetEnumerator();
Student student = null;
if (students.MoveNext())
{
student = students.Current;
}
if ( null!=student)
{
@class.Students.Remove(student);
}
repository.Delete(@class); }
测试6 结果:

测试代码同测试六。测试7 结果如下:

由测试六、测试七可知:对于删除与父类之间的关系时,all-delete-orphan会将孤儿删除
(orphan意为:孤儿),而all不会删除,而是将与父关联的外键字段设置为null。