In one of our HBM file I need to map an interface as component.

E.g.

If I have interface like this:

public interface Products
{
String getData();
setData(String s);
}

public class A
{
Products _products;

public void setProducts(Products products)
{
this._products=products;
}

public Products getProducts()
{
return _products.
}
}

In HBM File

<class name="A
table="Sample">
<component name="products">
<property name="data" type="java.lang.String"/>
</component>
</class>

If I try to load the above set it throws me an exception:

org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateSystemException: Could not instantiate component with CGLIB: Products; nested exception is net.sf.hibernate.InstantiationException: Could not instantiate component with CGLIB:


Which is correct but is there any solution to build it ?

Did you try setting the class attribute of the component tag to the interface? Something like:



Btw, if the XML you posted is accurate to your file, there is a missing closing double quote on the name="A portion.