Not sure if this is possible with hibernate, but....

I have one object, that depending on its state, can map to two different tables. Is there a way to have two mapping files for one object, and conditionally pick which one to use based on a flag in the object?

Thanks.

I think you need to be a little more clear on what you're trying to do.

But if I understand you correctly..... To map one Class to 2 different tables, see the <class> attribute "entity-name" in the documentation.

Then, since you have 2 separate mappings, you would need to query the objects by the specified entity-name. I believe you would also need to specify this entity-name when you persisted the objects.

You can also map 2 Objects to 1 table using a discriminator and based on the value of this, two different objects would be created. But I don't think that's what you're asking for.

Thanks, the entity-name may be just what I need. Unfortunately, we're using 2.x on the project, so now there's a human engineering problem to work out.

To further explain what I need... This is a reengineering of a functional project, and they don't want any database changes. I have a POJO that goes through multiple states (ie; pending, active, and complete). Currently, the data is stored in different tables depending on the state (something I can't change). Since it's the same information, the hope was to have one object, and depending on it's state, have different mappings. The alternative was to have mulitple objects, which would make maintenance more difficult down the line.