Hi:
I am tryingto execute hbm2java tool as an ant task.I am using hibernate-2.1, hibernate-extension-2.0.I have generated my hbm files using middlegen-hibernate-r4 plugin

and I am getting the following errors :

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: net/sf/hibernate/MappingException
at net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2java.Hbm2JavaTask.processFile(Hbm2JavaTask.java:145)
at net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2java.Hbm2JavaTask.execute(Hbm2JavaTask.java:95)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:193)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:341)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:336)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1339)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1255)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:609)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235)

at net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2java.Hbm2JavaTask.processFile(Hbm2JavaTask.java:149)
at net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2java.Hbm2JavaTask.execute(Hbm2JavaTask.java:95)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:193)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:341)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:309)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:336)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1339)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1255)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java:609)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.start(Main.java:196)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java:235)


and my ant task definition looks like the following :

<target name="hbm2java" description="Generate .java from .hbm files.">

<taskdef name="hbm2java"
classname="net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2java.Hbm2JavaTask"
classpathref="lib.class.path"
/>

<hbm2java output="${build.gen-src.dir}">
<fileset dir="${build.gen-src.dir}">
<include name="**/*.hbm.xml"/>
</fileset>
</hbm2java>
</target>


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