Yeah, that was looking nice at first sight. I should give it a shot to be sure of what it can do. I decided not to use it because I didn't like to have the mapping code in my java class and I was still having to type all the tags by hand.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Aray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [Hibernate] Tools > To create hbm.xml files automagiclly from classes you should really try > xdoclet. > > All new project at work are now done using xdoclet+hibernate and we still can > belive how much productivity we have gained from this combination. > > > Regards, > Angel Aray. > > > On Tuesday 20 January 2004 16:52, Henri Tremblay wrote: > > Hello, > > > > At job we have decided to convert our application to Hibernate to solve > > some persistence issues that were previously done by hand (caching, lazy > > loading, outter-join and so on). > > > > An existing application is not really easy to convert but it's going pretty > > well. The first thing that was missing was to be able to create hbm.xml > > files. I tried class2hbm (and improved it a little) but it wasn't enough. > > So on my free time I've started a HbmGenerator that creates a hbm.xml file > > from the class, table and a field mapping between both. It currently goes > > pretty well. I can map normal fields, user types (that we use a lot) and > > tonigh I'll try to add associations. So I thought you might be interested > > to see this app (and possibly add it to the hibernate tool set). What do > > you think? > > > > On side of that, I'm also working on hibern8ide. My first improvement was > > to be able to save the configuration so that each time you reopen it you > > don't have to reload everything anymore. My next idea is to add > > auto-completion for the queries and to have real file management. Same > > question, do you want my collaboration on that? > > > > Lastly, I have a suggestion. It's about a problem I had today. In all our > > tables, we have a creation_date and an updating_date field. One is filled > > with sysdate when the insert is done and the other is filled with sysdate > > each time the record is updated. This is harcoded in the sql insert and > > update call. The java code never sees that. The problem is that it wasn't > > possible to do so with hibernate. We had to add a getCreatingDate() and so > > in our business object base class to handle this. Instead, what I would > > have like is to be able to do something like: > > > > <property column="creation_date" value="sysdate"/> > > > > So to be able to hardcode a value in the sql call. But perhaps you have a > > better idea? > > > > Thanks and happy new year (yeah... I still ain't had the time to tell > > everyone...), Henri > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel > ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel
