JPA - Using @JoinTable in @OneToOne association

Example

@Entity
public class EntityA {
  @Id
  @GeneratedValue
  private int myIdA;
  private String stringA;
  @OneToOne
  @JoinTable(name = "MY_JOIN_TABLE",
          joinColumns = {
                  @JoinColumn(name = "ENTITYA_FK", referencedColumnName = "myIdA")
          },
          inverseJoinColumns = {
                  @JoinColumn(name = "ENTITYB_FK", referencedColumnName = "myIdB", unique = true)
          }
  )
  private EntityB entityB;
    .............
}

@Entity
public class EntityB {
  @Id
  @GeneratedValue
  private int myIdB;
  private String stringB;
    .............
}

public class ExampleMain {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
      EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("test");
      EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
      nativeQuery(em, "SHOW TABLES");
      nativeQuery(em, "SHOW COLUMNS from EntityA");
      nativeQuery(em, "SHOW COLUMNS from EntityB");
      nativeQuery(em, "SHOW COLUMNS FROM MY_JOIN_TABLE");
      emf.close();
  }

  public static void nativeQuery(EntityManager em, String s) {
      System.out.printf("---------------------------%n'%s'%n", s);
      Query query = em.createNativeQuery(s);
      List list = query.getResultList();
      for (Object o : list) {
          if (o instanceof Object[]) {
              System.out.println(Arrays.toString((Object[]) o));
          } else {
              System.out.println(o);
          }
      }
  }
}

Output

---------------------------
'SHOW TABLES'
[ENTITYA, PUBLIC]
[ENTITYB, PUBLIC]
[MY_JOIN_TABLE, PUBLIC]
---------------------------
'SHOW COLUMNS from EntityA'
[MYIDA, INTEGER(10), NO, PRI, NULL]
[STRINGA, VARCHAR(255), YES, , NULL]
---------------------------
'SHOW COLUMNS from EntityB'
[MYIDB, INTEGER(10), NO, PRI, NULL]
[STRINGB, VARCHAR(255), YES, , NULL]
---------------------------
'SHOW COLUMNS FROM MY_JOIN_TABLE'
[ENTITYB_FK, INTEGER(10), YES, UNI, NULL]
[ENTITYA_FK, INTEGER(10), NO, PRI, NULL]

Following is a quick overview the relationship:

Persisting and loading entities

public class ExampleMain2 {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
      EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("test");
      try {
          persistEntity(emf);
          nativeQueries(emf);
          loadEntityA(emf);
          loadEntityB(emf);
      } finally {
          emf.close();
      }
  }

  private static void nativeQueries(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
      System.out.println("-- native queries --");
      EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
      ExampleMain.nativeQuery(em, "Select * from EntityA");
      ExampleMain.nativeQuery(em, "Select * from EntityB");
      ExampleMain.nativeQuery(em, "Select * from MY_JOIN_TABLE");
  }

  private static void persistEntity(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
      EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();

      EntityB entityB = new EntityB();
      entityB.setStringB("test stringB");

      EntityA entityA = new EntityA();
      entityA.setStringA("test StringA");
      entityA.setEntityB(entityB);
      System.out.println("-- persisting entities --");
      System.out.printf("entityA: %s%n", entityA);
      System.out.printf("entityB: %s%n", entityB);


      em.getTransaction().begin();
      em.persist(entityB);
      em.persist(entityA);
      em.getTransaction().commit();

      em.close();
  }

  private static void loadEntityA(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
      System.out.println("-- loading EntityA --");
      EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
      List<EntityA> entityAList = em.createQuery("Select t from EntityA t").getResultList();
      entityAList.forEach(e -> System.out.printf("entityA: %s%n", e));
      em.close();
  }

  private static void loadEntityB(EntityManagerFactory emf) {
      System.out.println("-- loading EntityB --");
      EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
      List<EntityB> entityBList = em.createQuery("Select t from EntityB t").getResultList();
      entityBList.forEach(e -> System.out.printf(" entityB: %s%n", e));
      em.close();
  }
}

Output

-- persisting entities --
entityA: EntityA{myIdA=0, stringA='test StringA', entityB=EntityB{myIdB=0, stringB='test stringB'}}
entityB: EntityB{myIdB=0, stringB='test stringB'}
-- native queries --
---------------------------
'Select * from EntityA'
[2, test StringA]
---------------------------
'Select * from EntityB'
[1, test stringB]
---------------------------
'Select * from MY_JOIN_TABLE'
[1, 2]
-- loading EntityA --
entityA: EntityA{myIdA=2, stringA='test StringA', entityB=EntityB{myIdB=1, stringB='test stringB'}}
-- loading EntityB --
 entityB: EntityB{myIdB=1, stringB='test stringB'}

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

• h2 1.4.193: H2 Database Engine.
• hibernate-core 5.2.8.Final: The core O/RM functionality as provided by Hibernate.
  Implements javax.persistence:javax.persistence-api version 2.1
• JDK 1.8
• Maven 3.3.9