what is meta-tag "generated-class" doing?

schissler · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:27 am **Posts:** 7

hi *,

can anyone tell me what the meta-tag "generated-class" is exactly for.

it's mentioned only one time in the docu:
"overrule the name of the actual class generated"
this is not really enlightening to me.

hibernate in action isn't saying anything about it.

there are some postings in the forum but not a single one is really explaining it's meaning.

any help appreciated.

thanks
martin

max · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:24 am

it is for making hbm2java to generate an abstract class which you then extend and can add all the business methods you want ;)

schissler · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:27 am **Posts:** 7

google (and a lot of links following) delivered that answer:

"generated-class" - name that the codegenerator should use instead of the
actual mapped class. This class would then be extended by the actual mapped class (done by the user)"

this is much more enlightninh than the statement in the current docu.
kee point for me is "instead of the actual mapped class".

=> should be included in the documentation

schissler · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:27 am **Posts:** 7

@max

thanks for the answer.

max · **Posted:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 9:38 am

schissler wrote:

google (and a lot of links following) delivered that answer:

"generated-class" - name that the codegenerator should use instead of the
actual mapped class. This class would then be extended by the actual mapped class (done by the user)"

this is much more enlightninh than the statement in the current docu.
kee point for me is "instead of the actual mapped class".

=> should be included in the documentation

A patch to the doc is very welcome.
Submit it via jira and your contribution will be added!

TIA

schissler · **Joined:** Fri Sep 17, 2004 8:27 am **Posts:** 7