Unclear file handling for javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.drop-target and javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.create-target

[lukasj]

It seems unclear in the JPA 2.1 specification whether files specified in the javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.drop-target and javax.persistence.schema-generation.scripts.create-target properties are expected to overwrite an existing version of such a file or to append to the file.

It seems that Hibernate has chosen to append to existing files resulting in a growing file if not deleted by other processes.

Affected Versions

[2.1.1]

[lukasj]

• Issue Imported From: https://github.com/javaee/jpa-spec/issues/135
• Original Issue Raised By:@glassfishrobot
• Original Issue Assigned To: @ldemichiel

[lukasj]

@glassfishrobot Commented Reported by JesperTejlgaard

[lukasj]

@glassfishrobot Commented neilstockton said: And DataNucleus JPA seems to overwrite the DDL when I use it which, for my usage, seems like a much better default behaviour.

[lukasj]

@glassfishrobot Commented This issue was imported from java.net JIRA JPA_SPEC-135

[m-reza-rahman]

This seems like low-hanging fruit that could be looked at in the next release and resolved one way or the other? It does appear to be a fairly low priority either way.

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