hi all,

is there a special syntax for taking advantage of the dynamic instantiation feature of nhibernate? i'm new to the .net platform but it is my understanding that a scoping assembly should be required. it looks like this feature is implemented as i always run into a class not found when attempting to list the query with a the qualified class name (minus the assembly).

tia,
sean

just a quick follow up so others understand the concept here. dynamic instantiation from "hibernate in action" is hql that contains a "select new" clause. for example from the user guide:

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select new Family(mother, mate, offspr)
from DomesticCat as mother
join mother.mate as mate
left join mother.kittens as offspr

assuming that the class Family has an appropriate constructor.
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i've used this in the java version and wish to use this feature in c# however i continue to receive class not found errors. any help would be appreciated.

thanks
sean

You need to place an <import ...> element in one of your mapping files, like this:



Now you can use dynamic instantiation in yuor hql queries!

i wasn't using a named query. thanks

sean

You don't have to use a named query. All you need is that <import...> tag in one of your mapping files (to tell nhibernate "I will be using this class in queries"), and then you can use the class in any hql statement you want.

thanks i'll add the import__and__make use of a named query. after working with both hiberate 2 & 3 over the past year and a half i must say i'm pretty impressed with where hnibernate is wrt the version 2 feature set. now if only the spring.net guys had the aop, txn interceptors and of course the nhibernate template features i'd be all set ;)

thanks for the help!

Hiya

The Spring.NET team are actively investigating / working on the data access library of Spring.NET... this will include NHibernate support of course, including the cool usage promoted by the HIbernateTemplate from Spring Java. iBatis.NET is also to be supported in case you're interested ;)

Ciao
Rick