Hibernate: how to fetch only not-logically deleted objects

Question

Nearly every table in our database has a FK to the Auditing table which logs created, updated and deleted status (date and username).

We mapped the auditing table to

Answer 1

IMO, the easiest way to implement a soft-delete would be to add a flag in your entities and to use:

• the @SQLDelete annotation to override the default Hibernate delete (and perform an update of the flag)
• the @Where (or @Filters?) annotation on your entities and associations to filter the deleted entities

Not sure how this can fit with your Auditing table though. Some further exploration and testing are required.

Resources

• Soft deletes using Hibernate annotations