Hibernate version: 2.1.4

We have tables in database already created, and object from our design
we need tool to match the the tables and Objects to generate XML file.

There is no tool to match existing Java to existing Database and generate the hbms. You could start from one side, eg, database using Middlegen then modify the hbms appropriately. Alternatively, you could use Xdoclet but it would likely turn out to be more work than modifying HBMs in the short term.

Hi,

I've actually been doing this "meet in the middle" bit, only because my org's process pretty much requires it [don't ask.. :-)] but it really has n't been that bad. I was part of the team that designed the schema, so i had some control over the design, and also designed he object model, and then just marked up he POJOs to recreate the schema, using the schema export to make sure it generated the schema we designed. I've had very little trouble and have been able to generate the exact schema we noegotiated with the other folks involved. It would have been better to just do a clean room style impl, but due to our mandasted process I'm not allowed to execute DDL statements so i had no choice. In any event, it's a bit of a paion, but not too bad. Note that we have few if any structues that xdoclet won't handle however. if you do, it might be a lot worse...

good luck!

-=j=-