Hello,

we are evaluating the use of NHibernate on an ASP.NET 2.0 projet we are just starting. We are starting from scratch and want to start with the object model. I saw that we could then write the HBM files and use SchemaExport to create the database but I would like to automate things as much as possible.

My question is: is there a way to have the HBM files automatically generated from existing C# code? I saw a new contrib called net2hbm which is basically what I would like but I would like to know if there is any other solution out there that could handle such task?

Thanks in advance for any hints on this

You may want to try Matssoft objectmapper tool.

I have had great success with that tool, although I am using it primarily to generate my mapping files and classes from the existing database. I know that it supports going in the other direction as well.

Hi nbon,

Have a look at CodeSmith http://www.codesmithtools.com/
it's a code generator that uses templates to generate your code. Many existing tamplates available, not too difficult to write your own.
Another product is MyGeneration http://www.mygenerationsoftware.com/portal/default.aspx similar to the above + more, and it's free

Hope this helps

Hi all :)

I had great success using ObjectMapper, too. It's a pretty nice tool with a lot of functionality and it's free. :)
We primarly use it to generate classes and mapping files but as jbliss1234 pointed out you can roundtrip engineer if you want. So give it a try. :)

Greetings,
Chavez