Object-to-XML-Mapping

kersam · **Joined:** Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:22 am **Posts:** 5

Is it possible to do an Object-to-XML-Mapping with Hibernate?
I know that there is a possibility to do a Relational-Database-to-XML-Mapping, but i want something like this:

Code:

Document doc = loadXMLDocument();
MyBusinessObject obj = toObj(doc);

....

doc = toXML(obj);
storeXMLDocument(doc);

without touching the database.

How can I accomplish that?

Thank you.

jt_1000 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:34 pm

check out
http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/reference/en/pdf/hibernate_reference.pdf

see chapter 18, pg 170

Hope that helps.

kersam · **Joined:** Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:22 am **Posts:** 5

jt_1000 wrote:

check out
http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/reference/en/pdf/hibernate_reference.pdf

see chapter 18, pg 170

Hope that helps.

Not very much.
Citation from the Hibernate Reference, chapter 18:
Hibernate lets you work with persistent XML data in much the same way you work with persistent POJOs. A
parsed XML tree can be thought of as just another way to represent the relational data at the object level, in-
stead of POJOs.

But I want to import/export data without touching the database!

jt_1000 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:36 pm

sounds like you want an xmldialect. don't think there is one.
roll-your own? check out: <hib3.1>/src/org/hibernate/dialect