Hi all,

Hibernate version: 2.1.7
Name and version of the database you are using: Oracle 9iR2

I've the following question?

I'm able to write my own IdentifierGenerator.
Of course I can draw the next Id and set it before saving,
but I want Hibernate to do this automatically in the background.

any hints/ideas how to map the generator properly -
the assigned strategy is mentioned not to be choosen in the first
place in the Hibernate Bible (p. 91/92)!

Thx in advance!
Klaus from Vienna/Austria (no kangaroos)

Well, just write your own Generator and tell hibernate to use it via generator="yourclassname"

First - thx for the early reply!

assuming my IdentifierGenerator has the fully qualified classname

com.domain.MyIdentifierGenerator

you would really write the following mapping:

<class name="..." table="...">
<id name="id" column="..." type="long">
<generator class="com.domain.MyIdentifierGenerator">
</id>

...
</class>

In my understanding class denotes the generator strategy
from a predefined set of values {native, identity, sequence, increment, .... }

could you please confirm this, because it's urgently needed!

Again thx for your support!

kind regards
K:)

Yes, just how I said. Please, this is very clearly in the manual at http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/reference/en/html/mapping.html#mapping-declaration-id-generator

Thanks & sorry to bother U

I was studying Hibernate in Action ...
forgot about the online-manual!

Both are very complementary.