Mapping a collection of Interface with NHibernate Mapping ByCode - nhibernate

With FluentNHibernate I mapped a collection of interface by specifying the concrete type in the mapping class. I'm trying to convert to Maping.ByCode.
Entity classes:
public class Parent Entity
{
public virtual Guid Id{get;set;}
public virtual IList<IChildEntity> Children{get;set;}
}
public class ChilEntity:IChildEntity
{
public virtual Guid Id{get;set;}
}
With FluentNHibernate:
public class ParentEntityMap:ClassMap<ParentEntity>
{
public ParentEntityMap()
{
Table("ParentEntity");
Id(x => x.Id);
HasMany<ChildEntity>(x=>x.Children)
.KeyColumn("Parent");
}
}
With Mapping ByCode:
public class ParentEntityMap:ClassMapping<ParentEntity>
{
Public ParentEntityMap()
{
Table("ParentEntity");
Id(x=>x.Id);
Bag<ChildEntity>(x=>(IList<ChildEntity>)x.Children,
m=>m.Key(k=>k.Column("Parent")),
ce=>ce.OneToMany()
);
The mapping ByCode doesn't work. Is there a way to achieve what is done with Fluent NHibernate?

Try setting Class:
Bag(x=>x.Children,
m=> m.Key(k=>k.Column("Parent")),
ce=> ce.OneToMany(m => m.Class(typeof(ChildEntity)))
);

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Different sequences for subclasses with Fluent NHibernate

I am using Fluent NHibernate and table per concrete class for inheritance mappings.
There is an abstract base class and two other subclasses.
My base class has Id column. Created tables are ok. All tables has its own Id column. But sequence is only one for these two tables.
I want to assign different sequence for every subclass.
public abstract class Base
{
public virtual int Id { get; set; }
}
public class BaseMap : ClassMap<Base>
{
public BaseMap()
{
Id(x => x.Id).GeneratedBy.Native();
}
}
public class A : Base
{
public virtual int AmountOfA { get; set; }
}
public class AMap : ClassMap<A>
{
public AMap()
{
Map(x => x.AmountOfA );
}
}
public class B : Base
{
public virtual int AmountOfB { get; set; }
}
public class BMap : ClassMap<B>
{
public BMap()
{
Map(x => x.AmountOfB );
}
}
Is this possible with Fluent NHibernate?
this is by design.
session.Get<Base>(1); would have undefined behavior because the id is not unique
consider the case when there is a reference to the base class Reference(x => x.SomeBase); with a the value 1 in the database: it would not be possible to know if A(Id: 1) or B(Id: 1) is the object referenced
if Base is only there to reuse the Id property then dont map it as own entity but create a base class
public class BaseMap<T> : ClassMap<T> where T : Base
{
public BaseMap()
{
Id(x => x.Id).GeneratedBy.Native();
}
}
public class AMap : BaseMap<A>
{
public AMap()
{
Map(x => x.AmountOfA );
}
}

Map list of items

I have a table called openTickets. I have another table called openTicketFollowers that relates to it using a foreign key. OpenTickets does not know about openTicketFollowers but I want openTickets to have a property that is a list of its followers. Is there anyway to do this with fluent nhibernate?
Check this Fluent mapping document. The OpenTicket class will contain IList of Followers:
public class OpenTicket
{
...
public virtual IList<OpenTicketFollower> Followers { get; set; }
}
public class OpenTicketFollowers
{
public virtual OpenTicket OpenTicket { get; set; }
}
And this is fluent mapping of the OpenTicketFollowercollection:
HasMany(x => x.Followers)
.KeyColumn("OpenTicketId");
and the OpenTicketFollower class mapping referencing the OpenTicket
References(x => x.OpenTicket)
.Column("OpenTicketId")

Mapping class hierarchy through fluent nhibernate by using 2 strategies

I want to combine table-per-class and table-per-hierarchy strategies using fluent nhibernate or nhibernate itself(I mean hbm files), but I don't know how. I prefer fluent over hbm but if it's impossible, then hbm is also fine. I tested this by introducing Entity as ClassMap and all other as SubClassMap in fluent but then in hbm files generated by fluent, Entity was a class and all other were joined-classes which is not what I want. I will describe the problem in more detail below.
Class hierarchy:
public class Entity
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
}
public abstract class Person : Entity
{
public string Phone { get; set; }
}
public class SystemUser : Person
{
public string Password { get; set; }
}
I want to have one table for entity and one for person and all kinds of it(all its subclasses).I mean I want to use table-per-class strategy for Entity and table-per-hierarchy strategy for Person and SystemUser classes. Database structure is something like this:
EntityTable(ID(PK),Name)
PersonTable(EntityID(PK,FK),Phone,Password)
any help appreciated.
if EntityTable Id is not database generated (which is discouraged by NH anyways) you can use the trick
public PersonMap : ClassMap<Person>
{
public PersonMap()
{
Table("PersonTable");
Id(p => p.Id, "EntityID").GeneratedBy.HiLo("100");
DiscriminateSubClassesOnColumn("PersonType");
Map(x => x.Phone);
Join("EntityTable", join =>
{
join.KeyColumn("ID");
join.Map(p => p.Name);
});
}
}
public SystemUserMap : SubclassMap<SystemUser>
{
public SystemUserMap()
{
Map(x => x.Password);
}
}

"No persister for" using Fluently mapping of Subclass in Fluent NHibernate

I'm doing a very basic thing with Fluent NHibernate. I found a lot of people with similar problems here in SO but none seemed to fix my problem.
I have 1 Class like:
public abstract class ParentClass
{
public virtual long Id { get; private set; }
public virtual DateTime CreateDate { get; set; }
public virtual int Type { get; set; }
}
And 1 Concrete classes like:
public class ChildClass : ParentClass
{
public virtual string PropertyX { get; set; }
public virtual int PropertyY{ get; set; }
}
So I made the mapping as follows:
public class ParentMap : ClassMap<ParentClass>
{
public ParentMap()
{
Id(x => x.Id);
Map(x => x.CreateDate);
DiscriminateSubClassesOnColumn("Type");
}
}
And
public class ChildMap : SubclassMap<ChildClass>
{
public ChildMap()
{
Extends<ParentClass>();
DiscriminatorValue(1);
Map(x => x.PropertyX);
Map(x => x.PropertyY);
}
}
My legacy database has 2 tables, 1 that holds all the data from the ParentClass and another one that holds the data from the Child with a foreign key in the ID.
The idea is to have different tables for each different implementation of the ParentClass but having the ParentClass table as a single repository for "Ids" and "Create Dates".
I'm creating my SessionFactory as follows:
private static ISessionFactory CreateSessionFactory()
{
return Fluently.Configure()
.Database(MsSqlCeConfiguration.Standard.ConnectionString(cstr => cstr.FromConnectionStringWithKey("TheConnectionString")))
.Mappings(mappings => mappings.FluentMappings.AddFromAssemblyOf<ParentClass>()
.ExportTo(#"c:\temp\Mappings"))
.BuildSessionFactory();
}
I'm doing just a basic test of storing things to the database as:
public void Store(ParentClass parent)
{
using (var session = sessionFactory.OpenSession())
{
using (var transaction = session.BeginTransaction())
{
session.SaveOrUpdate(parent);
transaction.Commit();
}
}
}
But despite the method waits for a ParentClass variable, I'm passing a ChildClass instance for it (the method is actually a inheritance of an interface, that's why it expects a ParentClass).
And every time I it raises an error on "SaveOrUpdate" method saying "No persister for: ChildClass".
What am I doing wrong?
ps.: Another strange thing is that even with the "ExportTo" method on the SessionFactory creation, no mapping is being write on the folder.
Change
.Mappings(mappings => mappings.FluentMappings.AddFromAssemblyOf<ParentClass>()
To
.Mappings(mappings => mappings.FluentMappings.AddFromAssemblyOf<ParentMap>()

How do I exclude a base class using fluent mappings in Fluent NHibernate?

I have an abstract base class, Entity, that all my POCOs derive from:
public abstract class Entity
{
public virtual Guid Id { get; set; }
}
And the mapping file:
public class EntityMap<T> : ClassMap<T> where T : Entity
{
public EntityMap
{
Id(x => x.Id);
}
}
This way, I don't have to write Id(x => x.Id) in every mapping file by using this:
public class Something : EntityMap<T>
{
blahblah
}
I'm auto-generating my database schema, and everything looks fine, except that the Entity base class is added as a table. Using fluent mappings, how do I configure it so that the Entity class is excluded from the database schema?
You can add it to the ignore list of auto mapper:
AutoMap.AssemblyOf<Entity>()
.IgnoreBase(typeof(Entity));