[OPENJPA-2025] Byte[] and Char[] should be treated as SingularAttributes, not lists by the metamodel generator

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0
• Component/s: tooling
• Assignee: Michael Dick
• Reporter: Michael Dick
• Created: 30/Jun/11 16:09
• Updated: 02/Jul/13 19:43
• Resolved: 06/Jul/11 19:24

Description

Per discussion on the mailing list, the generated metamodel code treats all arrays as persistent collections. This does not make sense for byte[] or char[], but has merit for other types.

Issue Links

• depends upon: OPENJPA-2027 Metamodel genereated at runtime expects ListAttribute for all arrays - not just PersistentCollections.
• relates to: OPENJPA-2060 AnnotationProcess failed to generate metadata for List<String>[] attribute in entity