Save dociuments using (@DBREF) DB Reference

[patricx]

Hi,

i have this class

@Document(collection="fiche")
public class Projet {
	
	//Id Projet Evalué
	String idProjet;
	
	//Projet Evalué
	String projetEvalue;
	
	//Service Gerant le Projet
	String serviceProjet;
	
	//Date D'évaluation du projet
	String dateEvaluation;
	
	@DBRef
	private Client client;
	
	@DBRef
	private Contexte contexte;
	
	@DBRef
	private Collaborateur collaborateur;
	
	@DBRef
	private Evaluateur evaluateur;

  //Getters and Setters

When inserts documents i a collection

mongotemplate.insert(fiche);

what is sotred in fiche ?? the wholes refenced classes or just classes ids

Thanks

[Oliver Gierke]

This depends on what fiche actually is (i guess an instance of Projet?). The document will contain all non-DbRef properties directly and native MongoDB DBRef objects [0] for the ones annotated with @DbRef. Find further information on DbRef usage in the reference documentation [1]. Also it might be worthwhile using the MongoDB shell to inspect the saved documents to get an impression of what this looks like exactly.

[0] http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/appli...rences/#dbrefs
[1] http://static.springsource.org/sprin...age-references