How to implent PersistentEnum classes?

Musicolo · **Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:43 pm

Hi mates, I wonder how to implement classes based on PersistentEnum in Hibernate 3.0. Is there any new alternative to do things like the one shown below?

Code:

package com.foo;

public final class Gender extends PersistentCharacterEnum 
{
    public static final Gender MALE = new Gender("male", 'M');
    public static final Gender FEMALE = new Gender("female", 'F');
    public static final Gender UNDETERMINED = new Gender("undetermined", 'U');

    private Gender(String name, char persistentValue) 
    {
        super(name, persistentValue);
    }
}

How are mapped enum classes in Hibernate 3.0 if PersistentEnum class is now deprecated (and no longer supported)?

Thanks to all! ;)

PS: Complete source from http://www.hibernate.org/203.html

emmanuel · **Posted:** Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:17 pm

We do it implementing a custom type.

Musicolo · **Posted:** Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:01 am

Thanks Emmanuel! ;)

I just want to add the following link to show a possible example of how to do that:

http://www.hibernate.org/172.html

cameronbraid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:53 am **Posts:** 37

or, if you are using hibernate 3 and java 5 you can use jdk enums :

http://www.hibernate.org/272.html