> >>> >>> Actually I don't think using JSR-175 metadata in XDoclet will be so >>> easy, because to use the Metadata-API you need the compiled class >>> files and compiling the class files is often not possible without >>> running XDoclet before (not for Hibernate but easily for EJBs for >>> example). So i really think providing metadata support is the tools >>> job, eg. metadata would be a replacement for mapping files - which I >>> thing would be rather cool. >> >> > well - come to think of it..the sames goes for javadoc comments....i > think xdoclet already is parsing this stuff to get it before compile > time...so, I would reckon they could just as easy fetch out the JSR 175 > tags.. > > /max They can and will, using javadoc that prodives that AFAIK (same mecanism than today's javadoc comments). But you still need pre-compile time : no runtime reading capability, thus you still need a intermediate meta-language such as hbm.xml.
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