Generics support question

bonnyr · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:49 pm

I've had a look at the documentation and the road map and I cannot
get a clear sense whether generic collections are fully implemented
in Hibernate 3.

Could someone please clarify for me: can I use code like

Code:

public class SomeClass
{
    private Set<SomeObject> theCollection;
   ...

and what implications does this have on mappings?

emmanuel · **Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:16 pm

They are already supported. Actualy they were since the early ages of Hibernate ;-)
You still have to explicit the target class in your xml mapping however (not in annotations).

cowwoc · **Joined:** Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:17 pm **Posts:** 151

emmanuel wrote:

They are already supported. Actualy they were since the early ages of Hibernate ;-)
You still have to explicit the target class in your xml mapping however (not in annotations).

Emmanuel,

I am not clear on your reply. Are you saying that when using Generics as bonnyr suggested you *must* specify "SomeObject" in your mapping but it is not currently possible to do so via the annotations extension? If so, are there plans to add support for this?

Thank you,
Gili

mate · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:27 am

cowwoc wrote:

I am not clear on your reply. Are you saying that when using Generics as bonnyr suggested you *must* specify "SomeObject" in your mapping but it is not currently possible to do so via the annotations extension? If so, are there plans to add support for this?

I believe what he is saying is: for annotations you don't have to. The class information is already present in the property.

emmanuel · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2005 12:52 pm

Yes that's what I meant