multiple orm.xml files

horst21 · **Joined:** Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:09 am **Posts:** 8

Hi,

is it possible to use more than one orm.xml file with hibernate entitymanager? I got an application that consists out of several ejbs, each ejb has its own orm.xml configuration file. My problem is that Hibernate seems to use only the orm.xml that is contained in the jar that the PersistenceUnitRootUrl (of the PersistenceUnitInfo) points to. orm.xml files that are contained in other jars that are referenced by the property jarFileUrl (of the PersistenceUnitInfo) are not used by hibernate. Shouldn't these files be also considered?

tia, Tobias.

emmanuel · **Posted:** Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:04 pm

AFAIK, there should not be considered, but if you find a sentence in the spec that contradict me, please fire back.

The proper solution is to use

Code:

<mapping-file>myotherORM.xml</mapping>

horst21 · **Joined:** Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:09 am **Posts:** 8

hi Emmanuel,

thanks for your reply.
The document "JSR 220: Enterprise JavaBeansTM,Version 3.0 Java Persistence API" says in chapter 6.2.1.6:

Quote:

A object/relational mapping XML file named orm.xml may be specified in the META-INF directory in the root of the persistence unit or in the META-INF directory of any jar file referenced by the persistence.xml.

If I understand this correctly this means that the orm.xml files

Quote:

that are contained in other jars that are referenced by the property jarFileUrl

should be considered?

Tobias.

emmanuel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:14 am

my bad, please open a JIRA issue, I need to fix that.

horst21 · **Joined:** Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:09 am **Posts:** 8

jira issue created: http://opensource.atlassian.com/project ... se/EJB-259