Hi All,

I am having some issues getting a simple custom property to work. The setup is that I've got a SQL Server table where I want to store a double in a column, and I want my Hibernate object to contain a custom class (called Decimal, my own Number subclass), which will get populated via Hibernate when reading/writing to this table.

My HBM descriptor has the column as follows:


I am able to create the table fine via SchemaExport, but Hibernate is giving me class cast exceptions when I try to load anything from this table. Does my Decimal class have to extend net.sf.hibernate.type.DoubleType? My Decimal object already extends Number, so I can't really do that, but are there other options here that I am missing and can explore?

Thanks in advance,
Adam

From the docs: To implement a custom type, implement either net.sf.hibernate.UserType or net.sf.hibernate.CompositeUserType and declare properties using the fully qualified classname of the type. Check out net.sf.hibernate.test.DoubleStringType to see the kind of things that are possible.

Thanks David. I actually figured out how to do this shortly after posting. I guess what I was looking for was a single-field example, and I found one in another posting that guided me in the right direction.

Adam