The metadata API does not seem to provide a way to get to the value in the meta element.

<property name="state" type="string">
<meta attribute="displayWidget">dropDown</meta>
</property>

I would like to get the name-value pair for the above meta element for the "state" property. Is there a way to do this?

Basically, I want to use the mapping file to also hold other configuration data, in this case, I want to display the state as a drop-down list. Since the DTD does not restrict the attribute values for the meta element, I can legally extend it's use in this manner but I want to get to it using the Hibernate API. Is there a way?

Thanks

yes - Configuration and look for types with getMetaAttributes on them

Thanks, I can get to the meta tag now.

Is there a use for the getName() method of MetaAttribute? It seems redundant. If not, in what way can one use it?

why is it redundant ?

is getName() on Class redundant becuase you can do Class.forName(name) ?....can't follow ya'

For the meta element example shown in the first post above, what would the value of getName() be?