implement an interface

hacktorious · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:32 pm **Posts:** 40

Is it possible to setup a mapping file so the generated class implements a specified interface?

The person who wrote the code I am currently working on created some mapping files, then edited the generated classes by adding "implements interface xxxx" in each file. This is a major pain when I regenerate the code. I have to edit every single file by hand.

Thanks.

tdelap · **Joined:** Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:34 pm **Posts:** 2

You can specify a meta attribute in your mapping file.

Code:

<class name="Xyz" table="XYZ">
   <meta attribute="implements">XyzInterface</meta>
   ...

Alternately, if you need to put this same interface reference in every mapping, you can drop it into your generation configuration file (generate.config.xml).

Code:

<codegen>
   <meta attribute="implements">XyzInterface</meta>
   <meta attribute="implement-equals">true</meta>
</codegen>

Check Chapter 15: http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/reference/en/html/toolsetguide.html

hacktorious · **Joined:** Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:32 pm **Posts:** 40

This works great. Thanks.