Hibernate version:2.1.8

Hi,

I have a newbie mapping question.

I have a simple class I want to map (). It has a number of easy properties (, etc.) but it also has a property called . This is of type .

is an interface with many concrete subclasses like , (2 arbitrarydates), etc. The only data they hold is just 2 dates: and .

What I want to do is map this as a component since I do not want to have a different table for durations but I want Hibernate to instantiate the correct subclass. Can I do this within a component?

Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance,
Harry

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Hibernate version:2.1.8

Hi,

I have a newbie mapping question.

I have a simple class I want to map (RewardImpl). It has a number of easy properties (Id, Amount, etc.) but it also has a property called period
which is of type Duration.

Duration is an interface with many concrete subclasses like MonthDuration, SimpleDuration (2 arbitrarydates), YearDuration etc. The only data they hold is just 2 dates: startDate and endDate.

What I want to do is map this as a component since I do not want to have a different table for durations but I want Hibernate to instantiate the correct subclass. Can I do this within a component?

Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance,
Harry