Persist collection of interface using Hibernate

Question

I want to persist my litte zoo with Hibernate:

@Entity
@Table(name = \"zoo\") 
public class Zoo {
    @OneToMany
    private Set animals = new          


        

Answer 1

I can guess that what you want is mapping of inheritance tree. @Inheritance annotation is the way to go. I don't know if it will work with interfaces, but it will definitely work with abstract classes.