Where to place @SqlResultSetMapping in case of @ConstructorResult

Question

I'm trying to map a non-entity pojo with the createNativeQuery method of entityManager of jpa. By using something like this

@SqlResultSetMapping(name="ResultMapping", 
classes={
@ConstructorResult(
     targetClass=Employee.class,
       columns={
          @ColumnResult(name="empID", type=Long.class),
          @ColumnResult(name="empName", type=String.class),
          }
   )
}
)
public class Loader{
 private EntityManager em;

 public void load(){

   Query query = em.createNativeQuery("select empID, empName from employee",  "ResultMapping");
   List<Employee> = query.getResultList();
 }

}

public class Employee{

 private long empID;
 private String empName;
 public Employee(long empid, String empname)
 {
     this.empID = empid;
     this.empName = empname;
 }
}

I getting unknown SqlResultSetMapping ResultMapping error Where I am supposed to put SqlResultSetMapping so that the entityManager will able to recognize it?

Answer 1

Where I am supposed to put SqlResultSetMapping so that the entityManager will able to recognize it?

As far as I can see it varies from a persistence provider:

• EclipseLink: put it at any class in the classpath

• Hibernate: put it at any class annotated with @Entity; in fact I am able to reproduce the error when I put it elsewhere:

  org.hibernate.MappingException: Unknown SqlResultSetMapping [ResultMapping]
  

Tested with EclipseLink 2.5.2, Hibernate 4.3.8.Final

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In general to make your application portable across JPA providers it would be the best to put SqlResultSetMapping at any entity class.