Hibernate version: 3.1
Mapping documents: included

I have two tables with a M:M relationship that are joined by an association table. That's easy with Hibernate but now I have two attributes on the association table.
How do I map this?

This is the table structure. Composite primary key on association table.



This is the first class/mapping file: ReportList



This is the second class/mapping file: ReportCriteria




Several questions:

i.) From which object do I access the CRITERIA_ORDER and CRITERIA_STATE attributes?

ii.) Do I need a class for the association table?

iii.) If I need a class for the association, does that need a mapping file?

I have pored over sections 8.2 of the Hibernate Reference 3.1.1 but I can't get it to work. Please don't just vaguely point me there. Please write down the mapping file or the parts of the ones I have that are lacking.

Thank you!!!!!
Ty

With the gracious help of Mr. Tenwit, I have arrived at a solution to this problem.

In short, here's what I was trying to do: Two tables joined by an association table. Because there were extra attributes on the association table (beyond the two foreign keys), I had to be able to access the extra attribute on the association table.

So I had:

Person 1:M Attendee M:1 Event


Person.java



Person.hbm.xml




Event.java



Event.hbm.xml




Attendees.java



Attendees.hbm.xml [The mapping in here is most critical, although the others have to be setup correctly too, obviously.]