How to specify the cardinality of a @OneToMany in EclipseLink/JPA
问题 I'm trying to impose a @Oneto7 association. I'd have imagined an attribute that specifies the target many value, but have found none. If there is no such attribute, how else, in JPA/EclipseLink would one achieve it? 回答1: You could use the Bean Validation API (JSR-303) - Hibernate Validator being the RI - and add a Size constraint on your collection: @Size(min = 7, max = 7) protected Set<Foo> foos = new HashSet<Foo>(); If you're using JPA 1.0, have a look at this previous answer to see how to