Dear Anurag, I 'cc' to the list my reply to your question so that others can speak out their experience with this topic. The topic is covered by JIRA issue HB-27 (http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/ViewIssue.jspa?key=HB-27) where you can find the discussion about it.
Actually I'm using hibernate 2.0.5 with this patch and it works fine. The problem, as Gavin says in JIRA, is that these kind of mappings for enum fields make the domain model to depend on the persistent layer. That is, a persistent class must import an interface defined in the hibernate package. This approach should be avoided in order to follow an elegant separation between the two. That's why the issue is open and I don't know if my (and Chriss Webb's) patch will be part of the official release. By the way, is there anyone who knows how other O/R mapping tools deal with this? An obvious alternative could be to write a CustomType for each enum (that is annoying), or, maybe, a sort of AbstractCustomEnumType that one can extend declaring just the actual values mapping for each enumeration. If I had the time I could try to submit such implementation to the comminity. In the meantime, you can apply the PersistentStringEnum patch with the file attached in JIRA. stefano -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Anurag Goel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Inviato: mercoledì 22 ottobre 2003 20.24 A: Travelli Stefano Oggetto: Hibernate Persistent Enum Stefano, I noticed you had developed a Persistent String Enum interface for Hibernate, to deal with String based enumerations - I want to find out if it is still under development, and if and when it will be part of the official release ? Thanks, -Anurag Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by OSDN developer relations Here's your chance to show off your extensive product knowledge We want to know what you know. Tell us and you have a chance to win $100 http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?HRPT1X3RYQNC5V4MLNSV3E54 _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel
