先看User持久化类:

public class Users {
private int id;
private Date birthday;
private Name name;

public int getId() {
return id;
}

public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}

public Date getBirthday() {
return birthday;
}

public void setBirthday(Date birhday) {
this.birthday = birhday;
}

public Name getName() {
return name;
}

public void setName(Name name) {
this.name = name;
}

}

          User持久化类中可以看到name不再是一个简单的String,而是一个类。在这里name就是一个组件属性,在name类中可以包含基本数据类型、字符型、日期型甚至是组件和关联实体。从User持久化类中我们看不出name是关联实体还是普通的组件属性。但是如果我们将Name映射成持久化实体,那么Name就是关联实体,如果不映射成持久化类,那么就是组件属性。这里我们不将Name映射成持久化类。

          Name类如下:

public class Name {
private String firstName;
private String lastName;

public String getFirstName() {
return firstName;
}

public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
}

public String getLastName() {
return lastName;
}

public void setLastName(String lastName) {
this.lastName = lastName;
}

}

        为了映射User类中的Name组件,映射文件中使用<component.../>元素来映射该主键元素。映射文件如下:

          User.hbm.xml

<hibernate-mapping package="com.hibernate.domain">
<class name="Users">
<id name="id">
<generator class="native" />
</id>

<property name="birthday" />

<!-- 映射组件元素 -->
<component name="name">
<!-- 映射组件的name属性指向包含实体 -->
<property name="firstName" column="first_name"/>
<property name="lastName" column="last_name"/>
</component>
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>

          操作类如下:

public class UserManager {

public static void main(String[] args) {
Session session = HibernateUtil.getSession();
Transaction tx = session.beginTransaction();

Users users = new Users();
users.setBirthday(new Date());
Name name = new Name();

name.setFirstName("first name");
name.setLastName("last name");
users.setName(name);

session.save(users);
tx.commit();
session.close();
}

}