Hibernate version: 3.2

Can I use the hbm2java tool to generate pojos from the hibernate mapping files if the pojos don't already exist. I am trying to do this for a mapping file that doesn't have a corresponding pojo and I'm getting a classNotFound exception for the pojo - which I am trying to create using the hbm2java tool.

yes you can if you make sure to specify the types of all properties so we dont need to load the owning class to detect the type.