Hibernate version: 2.1.8

Mapping documents:

<class
name="Partij"
proxy="PartijProxy"
table="Partij"
>
<id
column="PartijID"
name="partijID"
type="integer"
>
<generator class="identity" />
</id>

<property
column="PartijNaam"
length="50"
name="partijNaam"
not-null="true"
type="string"
/>


<joined-subclass
name="User"
proxy="UserProxy"
table="Users"
>
<key column="PartijID"/>

<property
column="UserLogin"
length="50"
name="userLogin"
not-null="true"
type="java.lang.String"
/>
<property
column="UserPassword"
length="50"
name="userPassword"
not-null="true"
type="java.lang.String"
/>

</joined-subclass>
</class>


I have successfully used HibernateSynchronizer to generate lots of my applications classes. However in this particular case I can not get it right. I keep getting errors about partijNaam (the property in 'Partij') not being assigned a value. There are however no get and set methods available in 'User' for this property.

How can I model my 'User' object or change my hbm so that a user can be succesfully saved and updated by Hibernate?

You could set the access="field" on this property, then you would not need a getter or a setter for this property.

But, if User inherits from Partij, then how come it does not have the getters-setter?

It is because they are private on Partij, or because User does not inherit from Partij?

It does not have the setters and getters because HibernateSynchronizer did not add them and I was relying on HibernateSynchronizer to generate all of the objects for me. But your suggestion just made realize what is wrong. I missed the obvious: the User class should extend the Partij class.... inheritance, duh! Thanks a lot, sometimes the solution is just too easy to see.