Cascade: enable OPERATIONS to cascade to child entities.

cascade=”all | NONE | save-update | delete | all-delete orphan”

all: when an object is save/update/delete, check the ASSOCIATIONS and save/update/delete all objects found.

none: do not do any cascades, let user handles them by themselves.

save-update: when the object is saved/updated, check the associations and save/update any object that require it.

delete: when the object is deleted, delete all the objects in the association.

all-delete-orphan: when an object is save/update/delete, check the associations and save/update/delete all objects found. in addition to this, when an object is removed from the association and not ASSOCIATED with another object, delete the orphan object also.

Cascade: enable operations to cascade to child entities.

cascade=”all | none | save-update | delete | all-delete orphan”

all: when an object is save/update/delete, check the associations and save/update/delete all objects found.

none: do not do any cascades, let user handles them by themselves.

save-update: when the object is saved/updated, check the associations and save/update any object that require it.

delete: when the object is deleted, delete all the objects in the association.

all-delete-orphan: when an object is save/update/delete, check the associations and save/update/delete all objects found. in addition to this, when an object is removed from the association and not associated with another object, delete the orphan object also.