Does it make sense?

I´m thinking about using Enver as a tracer of "valid" entities.

Let's explain:

I have an persisted entity "Alpha", that could be valid or not for my business.

There´s a java method that set Alpha as valid, let´s call it "Process"

Any edition in Alpha after Process invalidates Alpha.

My business doesn´t like invalids Alphas (who likes?...). It likes the last valid Alpha.

OK, to solve this issue I will use Envers to show me the last valid Alpha (before this last edition and after this last Processing).

But how? Maybe I could save the Alpha_AUD ID in an "AlphaGoodMemory" entity after Processing. The valid Alpha is this one, perfect! It could have a foreign key reference in AlphaGoodMemory to this Alpha_AUD ID.

Can I? How to map a foreign key to  Alpha_AUD using a hibernate-mapping hbm?

One more question: Can I use this  Alpha_AUD element as an Alpha entity with no cast (I guess not...)

Thanks!