Hi.
> The List in the JPA1.0 spec, even if annotated with @OrderBy, is not guaranteed
> to be ordered at all times if the users in their code don't maintain the order
> themselves:
>
> > 9.1.28 OrderBy Annotation
> >
> > The OrderBy annotation specifies the ordering of the elements of a collection
> > valued association at the point when the association is *retrieved*.
Thanks, I see.
> I'm not sure if a Map can guarantee the order either :(.
Well, yes. I was thinking of something like
Map<Integer, T> resultMap = ...;
for (int index = 0; index < list.size(); index++)
{resultMap.put(index, list.get(index);}
in getter and the reverse think in setter.
All in all, JPA 1.0 seems to be very limited. I'll direct my comments
to the spec leads, I hope they care.
Bye.
/lexi