[b]Java version:[/b]
j2sdk-1_5_0-windows-i586

[b]Eclipse version:[/b]
eclipse-SDK-3.1M4-win32

[b]JBoss IDE version:[/b]
JBossIDE-1.4.1-jre1.5-e31

[b]Hibernate version:[/b]
hibernate-3.0beta3
hibernate-tools-3.0alpha1

After using the Hibernate3 Artifact Generation tool to reverse engineer a large legacy database, the resulting mapped entities in the Eclipse/Hibernate Console perspective's tree view are displayed in random order (as opposed to being ordered alphabetically).

This makes the job of writing queries against these entities more time consuming by having to do a linear visual search of the tree for the objects of interest every time a new query is written. Over the life of a project this wasted effort can become significant.

I've tried alphabetizing the ordering of the <mapping resource> records in 'hibernate.cfg.xml' to try to correct this without success. If anyone knows of another way I'd love to hear it.

If it turns out that the means Hibernate Console is using to display the entity tree is working as designed, then I'd like to suggest the ordering be alphabetized in a future release.

Otherwise, great job! The new tool set / Eclipse plugins are a real advancement.

Best regards,
CP