I think that I have found a bug in IntelliJ IDEA. If I use an XML-based Hibernate mapping, a persistent attribute is not recognized if it is defined inside a <natural-id> element.

For example, the following mapping works without problems:

[..]
<property name="roomNumber"/>
<property name="building"/>
<property name="seats"/>
[..]

All three properties are recognizes and marked in the source code view as well as in the Java EE structure.

Anyhow, if a natural-id element is used, the properties inside are not recognized anymore:

[..]
<natural-id mutable="true">
<property name="roomNumber"/>
<property name="building"/>
</natural-id>
<property name="seats"/>
[..]

If the mapping is configured like above, only the "seats" property is marked as a persistent attribute. "RoomNumber" and "building" are not recognized.

I will attach an example project that demonstrates this issue.

Regards,
Stephan Anft


Environment: Windows Vista, JDK 1.6.0

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