Hibernate version: 3.1

Name and version of the database you are using: mySql 5

Hi,

I'm using a custom identifier generator e.g.

<generator class="com.blah.foo.MyIdentifierGenerator">
</generator>

I use this custom generator for more than one entity i.e. the above tag is used in multiple .hbm.xml files that each map a unique Java class to a [unique] table.

Question:
If I use the above tag in N .hbml.xml files, then how many instances of MyIdentifierGenerator are created?

In my testing I see N instances are created, but I'd like to verify from someone who may know for sure. I hope to have a separate instance of the custom generator for each .hbm.xml file using the custom generator.

I suppose I could look in the source code, but I'm hoping to save that as a last resort.

Thanks

I just created a custom id generator myself, one which takes different parameters for each mapped class. I verified that each instance had the correct parameters when instantiated, so I think it's safe to say that a new instance is created for each mapped class.

Hope this helps!

Tim