Playing around with Ebean as a possible replacement for the over-engineered and (around here at least) hated Hibernate, I came across a mapping I can't get to work in Ebean.
Below is a simplified version of the model I'm trying to get into a database (hoping this will list code readable manner):
public abstract class AbstractModel {
private List list;
public List getList() {
return list;
}
public void setList(List list) {
this.list = list;
}
}
@Entity
public class ModelImpl extends AbstractModel {
public ModelImpl() {
}
}
The ModelImpl is the class I'd like to map to the database, and Ebean searches the parent class' fields, coming across list property. When checking the parametrized type for the List, a runtime exception is thrown stating type T cannot be resolved. As AbstractModel is the class being mapped, one would expect the T to be resolved to String and map a list of strings to the database.
How can I map the classes above to a database using Ebean? Is there a simple trick to get this to work, is this a bug in Ebean or do I need to remove the abstract super class from the picture and map the actual string list?