I need to generate not a simple Pojo, but a class hierarchy for each object.
(an abstract base class holding getter/setter and an empty subclass to implement custom logic)
I need to control that the base class is replaced on re-generation, but the subclass (the actual pojo) not.

How can I control this using eclipse plugin?
I see there is an option to pass the path for custom vm-templates.
However that's not sufficient for this scenario.
Can I pass some kind of generation strategy as mentioned in the ant-tools-docs ?

/m

you can use a <meta attribute="generated-class">BaseXXX</meta> for the classes you want to subclass.

while writing this i just realized all the <meta> stuff is not documented anymore in H3...doh! You can find the meta tags in Hibernate2 docs.

Will add it to the H3 tools doc ASAP

I see that the old hibernatetools did have a special attribute:

<codegen>
<generate prefix="Base" renderer="net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2java.BasicRenderer"/>
<generate renderer="net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2java.BasicRenderer">
<param name="generate-concrete-empty-classes">true</param>
<param name="baseclass-prefix">Base</param>
</generate>
</codegen>


Q: how do I construct this logic (base-class with empty subclass) in the new hibernatetools ?

the "generate a base class for all not just the marked ones" is not implemented yet

that's really bad for us.

Please tell me, what else way is there now to build a Pojo-hierarchy with tool3?
What exactly do you mean with "marked ones"?

Is is possible to pass some kind of strategy-class that handles the logic?

As a total fallback: is it possible to use the old tool2 with hibernate3 ?

thx.

put <meta attribute="generated-class">BasePerson</meta> in the Person class.

Then BasePerson will be generated and you provide the concrete Person that extends BasePerson

I need to generate the concrete Person class as well.

How do I specify that this class is generated as well?

that is the part we dont have....why do you need it generated ?

if you dont need to extend/add to it just dont put the meta attribute there.

is there any list of which meta attributes are already supported in hibtools3 ?