> can hibernate map persist to a csv file, not even persist, just read a csv into an > object?
Indeed, it seems you could: <class name="ClassName" table="tableName" discriminator-value="discriminator_value" mutable="true|false" schema="owner" proxy="ProxyInterface" dynamic-update="true|false" dynamic-insert="true|false" polymorphism="implicit|explicit" where="arbitrary sql where condition" persister="PersisterClass" /> "persister" attribute let you specify a custom persister for the class. Then you should build you own persister extending EntityPersister and, just for reading, overriding this method load(Serializable id, Object optionalObject, LockMode lockMode, SessionImplementor session) The doc says that: "The persister attribute lets you customize the persistence strategy used for the class. You may, for example, specify your own subclass of net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister or you might even provide a completely new implementation of the interface net.sf.hibernate.persister.ClassPersister that implements persistence via, for example, stored procedure calls, **serialization to flat files** or LDAP. See net.sf.hibernate.test.CustomPersister for a simple example (of "persistence" to a Hashtable)." Good luck stefano ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel
