How would I use the dtd so that I would not need to be on the internet?
Ideally I would like it to be on the classpath. Is that possible?
I mean the hibenate-mapping-dtd.xml

I don't understand what you are asking. By default HIbernate attempts to resolve its DTDs locally via a custom EntityResolver already.

Sorry, I used middlegen to generate the hbm.xml file and it starts out :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 2.0//EN"
"http:/hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate.hibernate-mapping-2.0.dtd" >

I wanted to change from the http from source forge to a classpath if possible.
I guess I could set up local server. What other possiblities are there is what I am asking?

By default, the hibernate jar includes the DTD's described. A custom EntityResolver is used, so that when the DTD id to be retrieved, it looks for the DTD's in the local hibernate jar first, only going to the internet if it is not present.

HIbernate 3 uses a different DTD to Hibernate 2, so if you're using that, the mapping file DOCTYPE should be:



If you use the style you mentioned with hibernate 3, it will not be included in the hibernate jar, and so will have to retrieve from the internet.[/code]

thanks i used middlegen for version 2 not 3 ill change to what you said I should be ok. Do you know if the middlegen tool is ready for version 3?

how about the hbm2java tool?