Hi. I'm brand new to NHibernate and have already ran the QuickStart example and have implemented Billy McCafferty's "Best Practices" example architecture into my current project, and read the first six chapters of documentation.

I can't seem to find the following answer:
What are all the possible entity collection classes/interfaces (eg. System.Collections.ArrayList, Dictionary, SortedList, Queue, etc.) that map to each NHibernate collection mapping (eg. <map>, <bag>, etc.)

Or phrased as the following:
What .NET class/interface types can <map> populate?
What .NET class/interface types can <bag> populate?
What .NET class/interface types can <set> populate?
What .NET class/interface types can <idbag> populate?
What .NET class/interface types can <list> populate?
What .NET class/interface types can <array> populate?
What .NET class/interface types can <primitive-array> populate?

All I can find are scattered examples, but I'm looking for a full complete list of options. This will help me make better decisions when designing the entity model.

Thanks!

Michael

From the User FAQ:

[ur]http://www.hibernate.org/359.html#A9[/url]

Thanks for the response. I read the FAQ about collection mapping.

There are some mappings that the FAQ misses.

What collection type does <array> and <primitive-array> map to? Is it System.Array or an IList with limited features? What is the difference between <array> and <primitive-array>?

Also, has anyone used <idbag>? I read it has bag semantics for collection of values and many-to-many associations, but it performs better than any other collection in this case. Can anyone please comment on their experiences with this type? Is this a common mapping being used?

Thanks again.

What .NET class/interface types can <array> populate?
What .NET class/interface types can <primitive-array> populate?