Hi guys


I have legacy code that I am very reluctant to change due to having to recode/test everything. So I am trying to avoid changing old code if possible, however, I am integrating hibernate into this application.

With that said,

I have a bean (legacy code which I've mapped) with a property called myID (java.lang.String) which I want to map to a database column that is an integer type (Oracle Integer).

Is there any way to make hibernate automatically convert java string to a database integer without having to rewrite the bean class (but I am able to do anything with the mapping class)?

thanks in advanced

It should be possible by implementing a custom user type. See http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/re ... pes-custom