Hi,

Is it possible to have a collection that holds objects of different types?
Of course, the types will be hibernate compliant (base types or persistent classes).
If yes, how do you declare such a collection?

Thanks

Christophe

/**
* @hibernate.class table="MyClasses"
/*
MyClass {
Map _properties;

/**
* @hibernate.map name="Properties"
* how do i declare the mapping
*/
public Map getProperties() {
return _properties;
}

public void setProperties(Map properties) {
_properties = properties
}

public void addProperty(String name, Object value) {
_properties.put(name, value);
}
....
}

Check the documentation on the Any mapping, eg sec 5.2.5.

"The <any> mapping element defines a polymorphic association to classes from multiple tables. This type of mapping always requires more than one column. The first column holds the type of the associated entity. The remaining columns hold the identifier."