Hi, im using Hibernate version: 3
I have a question regarding mapping.

For example say that i have 4 tables called A,B,C,D
All theese tables are exactly the same except for the PK name wich is A_id, B_id etc.
This setup is needed cause the tables get so big that i get performance problems.

What i want to do is to make 1 mapping file and 1 class, to be able to access all theese tables.
Is it possible to change id name/table name under runtime, if so does it have any negative effect to do so?

Or is it possible to make 4 mapping files to 1 class to make it work instead?

In my real world problem i have current 20x3 equal tables and i dont want to generate 1 mapping and 1 class for each table and they all does the same thing in my code. It will be harder to maintain as it grows.

I aprreciate all thoughts/ideas and help regarding this issue.

I do not think that H could elegantly help in your situation.
You may want to use iBatis to work with those tables, and you may combine iBatis and H
http://sandbox.sourcelabs.com/kosta/hb- ... batis.html

Thanks for the reply, im gonna look into iBatis.

But i've seem to have found another solution that is acceptable for my problem.
By using entity-name for each mapping will allow me to use a single class for the tables, but i still have to have 1 mapping for each table.

yes and as far as i know that is the same case for ibatis (just to keep the record straight ;)

And yes, entity-name is the right way to do this if you want to use the same class for multiple tables in the same sessionfactory.

Yes, one mapping per table, shared parts can be defined as XML entities and reused.