In short: The CodeGenerator of the future (hbm2java) will do the following:
Given a set of hbm.xml files it will generate a set of .java files with XDoclet tags included Nothing more - nothing less :) The ReverseGenerator of the future is actual MiddleGen which will do the following: Given a JDBC connection it will generate one (or a set?) of hbm.xml files with <meta> tags in them to provide for "feeding" the codegenerator. Nothing more - nothing less :) Hope that clarifies it :) The following ascii art (derived from Gavins previous posting) tries to illustrate the boundaries/responsibilities :) java + @tags ===XDocLet===> hbm.xml ===SchemaExport ===> SQL DDL/JDBC java + @tags <==hbm2java==== hbm.xml <==MiddleGen====== SQL DDL/JDBC /max ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raible, Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:27 PM Subject: [Hibernate] Codegenerator of the future? > Will the Codegenerator of the future > (http://hibernate.bluemars.net/52.html#17) replace the current > ReverseGenerator? What I mean is that I have used the ReverseGenerator to > create a TableName.java class and it's accompanying TableName.hbm.xml. This > works great and I applaud you all on making this work so nicely. It'd be > cool if the "future" version could generate the .hbm.xml file and then > XDoclet or an Ant Task could be used to generate the actual .java file. OR > maybe it could generate the .java file and have it marked up with XDoclet > tags. I think the current way works great - don't get me wrong - just > wanted to spew my ideas after using it. It'd also be cool if the > ReverseGenerator could generate sets and such for foreign keys to other > tables/classes. > > After using Hibernate at my new job for a couple weeks, and especially the > ReverseGenerator - I must say that Hibernate is the coolest tool I've worked > with in a long time. Maybe it's cause it's new - but I feel the same > excitement about it as I did with Ant and Struts. I think you've developed > an awesome piece of software here and I thank you ssssoooo much for making > it open source - and making my persistence life that much easier. > > You guys are geniuses! > > Matt > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel
