Hi,
I was wondering if it's normal that hibernate throws an exception "net.sf.hibernate.MappingException: duplicate import" when trying to add two classes with same name :

Configuration conf = new Configuration().addClass(org.hostname.one.myClass.class)
.addClass(org.hostname.two.myClass.class);

Looking in source I've noticed that you're binding the class by it's unqualified name (myClass) and not by it's full description (org.hostname.one.myClass).

I would like to make a central .xml file were I would keep all class names, so being able to load them on initialization.

What is the best practice in this case?

Thanx in advance,

Andrei.

Check the Hibernate documentation for a discussion of the <import> tag.

having the same problem, I searched for the 'discussion' about <import>, but could only find the section 4.1.16 in the reference.
Basically it says nothing about the problem occuring already when the mappings are compiled, and so I get no chance to use the Classes with a fully qualified name. Am I missing some other part in the docu?
:olli