Eclipse deletes *.hbm.xml files in the bin folder

quereinsteiger · **Joined:** Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:13 am **Posts:** 69

When I click "rebuild project", Eclipse deletes the *.hbm.xml files which are inside the bin folder. I think it deletes everything which is not a *.class file.

Thats a problem because I need the *.hbm.xml files in this folder.

To preven the problem I could use something like:

Code:

Configuration cfg = new Configuration()
    .addFile("Vertex.hbm.xml")
    .addFile("Edge.hbm.xml");

But this is not so maintainable and secure like

Code:

Configuration cfg = new Configuration()
    .addClass(eg.Vertex.class)
    .addClass(eg.Edge.class);

So what can I do if Eclipse deletes all my *.hbm.xml files? How can I prevent this?

Its not really a Hibernate question, I know... But maybe there are Eclipse users here who know how to solve this problem.

quereinsteiger · **Joined:** Sat Oct 11, 2003 11:13 am **Posts:** 69

I think I found the solution:

Windows > Preferences > Compiler > Build Path: Uncheck "Scrub output folders on full build"

michael · **Posted:** Sun Feb 15, 2004 12:39 pm

Just put your mapping files in the source folder.

l.masini · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2004 4:37 am

Quote:

Windows > Preferences > Compiler > Build Path: Uncheck "Scrub output folders on full build"

Never do this, or you will have OLD files in your class folder.
Instead, as gloeglm said, put all your files in the src folder (the one you configured into the Project settings), and Eclipse will put them into the bin dir.
Ciao.

bertrand · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:06 am

By default eclipse uses the /bin directory as build directory...
Just tell it to use another Project -> Build Path -> Default output folder

michael · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:19 am

brenuart wrote:

By default eclipse uses the /bin directory as build directory...
Just tell it to use another Project -> Build Path -> Default output folder

That won't help anything in this case, Eclipse will still scrub the new output folder. The thing to do is definately putting the mappings in the source folder.

bertrand · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:25 am

gloeglm wrote:

brenuart wrote:

By default eclipse uses the /bin directory as build directory...
Just tell it to use another Project -> Build Path -> Default output folder

That won't help anything in this case, Eclipse will still scrub the new output folder. The thing to do is definately putting the mappings in the source folder.

It is true - mapping files must be considered as sources. This way Eclipse will copy them (as it does with other resources like config files) into the build directory.

My remark was more a warning: Eclipse uses the /bin folder as default build directory. Unfortunately, many people will use the same folder for other things - hereby introducing potential problems when Eclipse cleans up the build :-(

You have many solutions with Eclipse. You can configure it so it looks for sources from different folders (not only one) - you could then put your HBM in one folder and your Java files in another... But both folders must be declared as 'source' folder (cfr. your Eclipse project config).

bigfleet · **Joined:** Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:10 am **Posts:** 6

I keep them in a seperate directory (under WEB-INF) with my hibernate.cfg.xml file and make sure that it's added to the project's classpath (and any related files, e.g. build.xml) . That also seems to work, if you'd rather keep them in a separate place from your source files.