Hi Aleksei,
Aleksei Valikov wrote:
> 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*.
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>
> Thanks, I see.
>
>
>>I'm not sure if a Map can guarantee the order either :(.
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>
> Well, yes. I was thinking of something like
>
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> Map<Integer, T> resultMap = ...;
> for (int index = 0; index < list.size(); index++)
> {resultMap.put(index, list.get(index);}
Yeah, with the exception that in the spec your options for a non-pk index are
very limited too:
9.1.27 MapKey Annotation
...
If a persistent field or property other than the primary key is used as a map
key then it is expected to have a uniqueness constraint associated with it.
>
> 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.
They are looking to really ordered lists.
Regards,
-marina
>
> Bye.
> /lexi