Is it possible to map a field in an Entity without defining any association?

Question

I\'ve got the following schema in DB (simplified)

MainTable(
    ID primary key
    SOMEFIELD
    CODE_FK1 -- references OtherTable1 CODE (without declared forei         


        

Answer 1

You can use the @SecondaryTable annotation. See this example:

https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/823a5c1ede1869fd97471e3b8ebe7ec4ac8068e4/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/join/Dog.java#L20-L24