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Hibernate version:
3.0.5

Name and version of the database you are using:
Oracle 9.2

I need to know if the type of it is assigned or not?

Thanks

Hi,

you can use the org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration object to retrieve information on the configuration.
Something like
Iterator it = config.getTableMappings();
while(it.hasNext()){
Mapping m = (Mappings)it.next();
PersistentClass pc = m.locatePersistentClassByEntityName(relevantEntityName);
if(pc != null){
Property idProp = pc.getIdentifierProperty();
// examine property to find out the id generator
}
}

Regards
Guido

How to get the Configuration object associated with my hbm files?
Just create new one??

Thanks.

You must have inititlized an instance of it to init the SessionFactory, haven't you?

Regards
Guido

I did but how do I get that instance?

Can you please post the code lines that init your SessionFactory?

Regards
Guido

The SessionFactory is init by Spring

I see. It should not be a problem to create a new Conifuration object that reflects your config using org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration. At least you need to have access (or know the location) to your configuration file.
You should destroy the configuration object after your examination. I am not sure if a new config object causes any trouble because of singleton issues but I do not think so.

Regards
Guido

Ask to Spring guys how to access your Configuration object, it is useful in some interesting cases. Your integration framework must not limit you.

Thus, a getConfiguration on the SessionFactory would also be helpful. When you get a DataSource from your servlet container you do not have any information on the connection as well. Maybe sometimes it is also good to hide away things from users in frameworks.

regards
Guido

the configuration is a mutable thing so it should not be available on the SessionFactory.

I see. I did not know that it can be modified.
But would it cause a problem to generate a new one just to find out some things? Because this might answer the original question of this thread.

Regards
Guido

well why doesnt he just keep it around (generating wont be wrong if its initialized with the same input), but otherwise as far as i remember spring exposes a getConfiguration() somewhere - but i dont know the spring api by heart.

The only way I managed it is when I get the Configuration object in the MyLocalSessionFactoryBean class I save it in other class that I have access to.

If you need access to the Configuration object, then subclass LocalSessionFactoryBean and override postProcessConfiguration

@Override
protected void postProcessConfiguration(Configuration config) throws HibernateException
{

Iterator classes = config.getClassMappings();
Settings settings = config.buildSettings();

while (classes.hasNext())
{
PersistentClass model = (PersistentClass) classes.next();
if (!model.isInherited())
{

KeyValue identifier = model.getIdentifier();

if (identifier instanceof SimpleValue)
{
SimpleValue sv = (SimpleValue) identifier;

String identifierGenerator = sv.getIdentifierGeneratorStrategy();
}

}

}

}

You can save your results in this spring bean. To access it, don't forget to use the Spring factory bean dereference identifier (&), otherwise getBean() will return a SessionFactory rather than a your FactoryBean instance