Hibernate throws Cannot delete or update a parent row: a foreign key constraint fails

Question

I am working on a basic example to test cascade delete operation but I am getting exception.

I have below entities:

Employee.java

Answer 1

The REMOVE cascade type is for the standard JPA remove() operation. For the native Hibernate delete() operation, you need to use a Hibernate-proprietary annotation:

@Cascade(CascadeType.DELETE)