Within Hibernate 2, I am attempting to use the Configuration and Mappings object
in a Java class so that I don't use hibernate.cfg.xml and Object.hbm.xml
files. I have succeeded with hibernate.cfg.xml:

//***************************************************************************************

import org.hibernate.cfg.*;
import org.hibernate.util.*;

Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.setProperty("hibernate.connection.driver_class","com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
properties.setProperty("hibernate.connection.url","jdbc:mysql://localhost/hibernatetutorial");
properties.setProperty("hibernate.connection.username","root");
properties.setProperty("hibernate.connection.password","password");
properties.setProperty("hibernate.connection.pool_size","10");
properties.setProperty("show_sql","true");
properties.setProperty("dialect","org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect");
properties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto","update");
configuration.addProperties(properties);

Mappings mappings = configuration.createMappings();
HibernateObjectMapping object = new HibernateObjectMapping();
object.setMappingsObject();
Mappings = object.getMappingsObject();
object.buildMappings();

//....hbm.xml code.
SessionFactory factory = configuration.configure().buildSessionFactory();
Session session = factory.getCurrentSession();
Object object = (Object)session.load(Object.class,1);
//...

session.save(object);
factory.close();
//***************************************************************************************

but am having trouble with Object.hbm.xml, upon the Mappings Object.
I want the contents for these xml files in memory from Java code, not the XML files.
Ie. I DO want to hard configuration and mappings in Java code, as per my style above.
I know about what the tutorial says at

http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/ ... asses.html

and while the javadoc is some help
however, I still struggle to see through this, one xml tag/java code line at a time.
Could someone kindly advise/point me in the right direction
for programming of an Object.hbm.xml in java code?
In other terms, how do I successfully relate in what
one sees, in, say:

//*********************************************************88
- <hibernate-mapping>
- <class name="events.Person" table="PERSON">
- <id name="id" column="PERSON_ID">
<generator class="native" />
</id>
<property name="age" />
<property name="firstname" />
<property name="lastname" />
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>
//*********************************************************88

by programming with the Mappings class, and any other(s)?
[I do NOT want to know how to convert Object.hbm.xml to a Pojo Class,
rather I want to convert the mapping instructions themselves.]

:) ?

I don't understand what you are trying to do or what your problem is.

If you don't want to add hbm.xml files manually then use Annotations
where the mappings are in your classes.

And if that is not good enough for you the Hibernate entitymanager will
actually automatically load hbm.xml files for you (assuming they are named
the same as the java class, i.e. org/model/Person.java and org/model/Person.hbm.xml)