Hi,

I have the following

abstract class IPAddress {...}
class IPv4Address extends IPAddress {...}
class IPv6Address extends IPAddress {...}

then I have

class Device {
private IPAddress _ip;

...
public IPAddress getIPAddress() {
...
}
...
}

and I want to map the IPAddress as a component, is it possible with Hibernate to have inheritance in components.

Christophe

I didn't manage to get it working

<component> declaration does require explicit type
if, in your case, you declare component as IPAddress, you will have InstantiationException as soon as Hibernate tries to instantiate component for you - it's an abstract class!

No