I am curious how people map file names and directory paths. These are all varchar in the db but do you use Strings in your objects or do the conversion to file objects in the setter or ....

How do I get/set File objects with hibernate.

thanks

Use a custom PropertyAccessor.

is there anywhere I can see an example of this?

Hibernate is Open Source.

so are you suggesting i try and figure out how to use this feature from its implementation in the source code? There is no documentation or examples or even sample code ?

1. What you are trying to do is extremely trivial.

2. The "example" you are looking for is, as always with Open Source software, the source code.

3. There is an API documentation for the two trivial methods you have to implement in the Hibernate API documentation.

4. You probably haven't even looked for it.

Ah sorry, I meant a custom UserType, not a PropertyAccessor. There are lots of examples of UserTypes in the wiki area, and the interface is quite trivial.

1. being new to hibernate, how should i know whether its trivial or not. Thats why I'm in the hibernate beginners forum.

2. This makes no sense. If this is true why is there any documentation for hibernate at all? or for any open source project? Seems like a waste of time for Gavin to write a book when he should just tell people to look at the source code.

3. trivial or not its not unusual to look around for other attempts to do something similar in case of hidden problems, undocumented issues etc. I always thought that this is what public forums are for.

4. No, thats true. Up until 20 minutes ago I had not idea these methods existed or what they might be used for. I'd still find it easier to see concrete code examples but if they don't exist i'll have to resort to the source code for sure.

http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/refer ... n-property
http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/api/n ... essor.html

I've written the book, by the way.