Question

I have a hierarchy of objects define as follows:

class Request {

    RequestType type 
}

class CableRequest extends Request {

    RequestType type = RequestType.Cable
}

Hibernate complains with:

java.lang.RuntimeException: duplicate method: getType

What is the right way to preset defaults (or override fields) in the inherited classes?

Update:
So apparently this works fine if the property is marked as Transient… Is there another way to set these the Groovy way without overriding getters?

Answer 1

Try this:

class Request {

    RequestType type 
}

class CableRequest extends Request {

    RequestType getType() {
        RequestType.Cable
    }
}