mapping multiple sets in one table in hibernate

Question

I've got a User an a Log class (which I cannot change):

class User {
    private long id;
    private String name;
    private Set<Log> accessLogs;
    private Set<Log> actionLogs;
}

class Log {
    private String what;
    private Date when;
}

A possible mapping will look like:

<class name="com.example.User" table="users">
    <id name="id" access="field">
        <generator class="native" />
    </id>

    <property name="name" length="256" />

    <set name="accessLogs" table="user_access_logs" cascade="all-delete-orphan" order-by="`when`">
        <key column="user_id" />
        <composite-element class="com.example.Log">
            <property name="what" length="512" />
            <property name="when" column="`when`" />
        </composite-element>
    </set>

    <set name="actionLogs" table="user_action_logs" cascade="all-delete-orphan" order-by="`when`">
        <key column="user_id" />
        <composite-element class="com.example.Log">
            <property name="what" length="512" />
            <property name="when" column="`when`" />
        </composite-element>
    </set>

</class>

This works fine and maps on the following database tables:

users
+----+------+
| id | name |
+----+------+
|  1 | john |
|  2 | bill |
|  3 | nick |
+----+------+

user_access_logs
+---------+------------+---------------------+
| user_id | what       | when                |
+---------+------------+---------------------+
|       1 | logged in  | 2010-09-21 11:25:03 |
|       1 | logged out | 2010-09-21 11:38:24 |
|       1 | logged in  | 2010-09-22 10:19:39 |
|       2 | logged in  | 2010-09-22 11:03:18 |
|       1 | logged out | 2010-09-22 11:48:16 |
|       2 | logged in  | 2010-09-26 12:45:18 |
+---------+------------+---------------------+

user_action_logs
+---------+---------------+---------------------+
| user_id | what          | when                |
+---------+---------------+---------------------+
|       1 | edit profile  | 2010-09-21 11:28:13 |
|       1 | post comment  | 2010-09-21 11:30:40 |
|       1 | edit profile  | 2010-09-21 11:31:17 |
|       1 | submit link   | 2010-09-22 10:21:02 |
|       2 | submit review | 2010-09-22 11:10:22 |
|       2 | submit link   | 2010-09-22 11:11:39 |
+---------+---------------+---------------------+

My question is how is it possible in hibernate to map those 2 sets (accessLogs and actionLogs) into the same table producing the following schema for the logs:

user_logs
+---------+---------------+---------------------+--------+
| user_id | what          | when                | type   |
+---------+---------------+---------------------+--------+
|       1 | logged in     | 2010-09-21 11:25:03 | access |
|       1 | edit profile  | 2010-09-21 11:28:13 | action |
|       1 | post comment  | 2010-09-21 11:30:40 | action |
|       1 | edit profile  | 2010-09-21 11:31:17 | action |
|       1 | logged out    | 2010-09-21 11:38:24 | access |
|       1 | logged in     | 2010-09-22 10:19:39 | access |
|       1 | submit link   | 2010-09-22 10:21:02 | action |
|       2 | logged in     | 2010-09-22 11:03:18 | access |
|       2 | submit review | 2010-09-22 11:10:22 | action |
|       2 | submit link   | 2010-09-22 11:11:39 | action |
|       1 | logged out    | 2010-09-22 11:48:16 | access |
|       2 | logged in     | 2010-09-26 12:45:18 | access |
+---------+---------------+---------------------+--------+

Edit: I want to retain the Java code and Set semantics as is. I'm looking for something like a discriminator, a formula or a hibernate API extension which will solve this without touching the Java code. Maybe something along the lines (imaginary hibernate configuration follows):

<set name="accessLogs" table="user_logs" ... formula="type='access'">
    <key column="user_id" />
    <composite-element class="Log">
        ...
    </composite-element>
</set>

<set name="actionLogs" table="user_logs" ... formula="type='action'">
    <key column="user_id" />
    <composite-element class="Log">
        ...
    </composite-element>
</set>

Edit2: I haven't got a full solution to this yet. I'm sure it can be done, possibly by extending some hibernate API.

Answer 1

Did you try to map set in this way:

<set name="accessLogs" table="user_logs" where="type='access'">