Feature request: allow nullable with @ManyToOne

[andig]

I have a simple many-to-one entity:

class Property
{
	/**
	 * @Id
	 * @Column(type="integer", nullable=false)
	 * @GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
	 */
	protected $id;

	/**
	 * @Column(name="pkey", type="string", nullable=false)
	 */
	protected $key;

	/**
	 * @Column(type="text", nullable=false)
	 */
	protected $value;

	/**
	 * @ManyToOne(targetEntity="Entity", inversedBy="properties")
	 */
	protected $entity;
}

which creates:

CREATE TABLE `properties` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `entity_id` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
  `pkey` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `value` longtext NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
  UNIQUE KEY `property_unique` (`entity_id`,`pkey`),
  KEY `IDX_87C331C781257D5D` (`entity_id`),
  CONSTRAINT `FK_87C331C781257D5D` FOREIGN KEY (`entity_id`) REFERENCES `entities` (`id`)
)

Adding nullable=false to the @ManyToOne is currently not possible:

[Creation Error] The annotation @ManyToOne declared on property Volkszaehler\Model\Property::$entity does not have a property named "nullable".
Available properties: targetEntity, cascade, fetch, inversedBy

As entity is a foreign key it would be nice, if it could be made not nullable.

[beberlei]

This is a feature of the join column, you just need to add @JoinColumn(name="entity_id", nullable=false).

[andig]

Ahh, that was quick! Thank you very much and Happy Easter!