I'm pretty new to this whole hibernate bit.. and I was wondering if this is possible. I would like to do the opposite of a derived property (a formula in the xml).
Lets say I have a class with two strings: FirstName, LastName
However in the database, I would like to save it as FirstName +" " +LastName. AND.. i do not want to have a variable in the class. Ie i don't want a field called FullName (that holds the first name and last name). It will be in the database only, so I can search on that name.

So on an insert, and on an update the field will have to be regenerated and then persisted.

Thanks in advance.

I can't imagine a really good solution for this - some crazy hack with UserTypes/PropertyAccessors might work.

one option that I don't like, is to actually carry that variable FullName in the Class.
then on the onSave, or onUpdate I would generate that value to be saved in the database. using normal hibernate persistance mappings.

I don't really need to have "Full name" in the class, I just need it in the database to do searching easily.

Any other ideas?