Hibernate 2 question...

Is there an effective way to basically combine the use of discriminators and custom types?

I don't necessarily want to subclass my databean class. Instead, I want to subclass my custom type class and have Hibernate create the custom type for me.

This way, I can have multiple discriminators for a single class in a table per hierarchy model.

thanx.

Are you asking if there is a way to have mutiple discriminator values point to the same subclass?

Yes, this is possible in HB3 (using either an EnhancedUserType, or a <formula> discriminator).