JPA @OneToOne with Shared ID -- Can I do this Better?

Solution 1:

To map one-to-one association using shared primary keys use @PrimaryKeyJoinColumn and @MapsId annotation.

Relevant sections of the Hibernate Reference Documentation:

PrimaryKeyJoinColumn

The PrimaryKeyJoinColumn annotation does say that the primary key of the entity is used as the foreign key value to the associated entity.

MapsId

The MapsId annotation ask Hibernate to copy the identifier from another associated entity. In the Hibernate jargon, it is known as a foreign generator but the JPA mapping reads better and is encouraged

Person.java

@Entity
public class Person {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Column(name = "person_id")
    private Long id;

    @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
    @PrimaryKeyJoinColumn
    private VitalStats vitalStats;       
}

VitalStats.java

@Entity
public class VitalStats 
{
    @Id @Column(name="vitalstats_id") Long id;

    @MapsId 
    @OneToOne(mappedBy = "vitalStats")
    @JoinColumn(name = "vitalstats_id")   //same name as id @Column
    private Person person;

    private String stats;
}

Person Database Table

CREATE TABLE  person (
  person_id   bigint(20) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  name        varchar(255) default NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`person_id`)
) 

VitalStats Database Table

CREATE TABLE  vitalstats 
(
  vitalstats_id  bigint(20) NOT NULL,
  stats          varchar(255) default NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`vitalstats_id`)
)

Solution 2:

In my case this made the trick:

Parent class:

public class User implements Serializable {
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  /** auto generated id (primary key) */
  @Id
  @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
  @Column(unique = true, nullable = false)
  private Long id;

  /** user settings */
  @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "user")
  private Setting setting;
}

Child class:

public class Setting implements Serializable {
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  /** setting id = user id */
  @Id
  @Column(unique = true, nullable = false)
  private Long id;

  /** user with this associated settings */
  @MapsId
  @OneToOne
  @JoinColumn(name = "id")
  private User user;
}