I am using Hibernate tools and have some questions on the files generated:

1. When a table consists of a PK with e.g. two fields, a separate tableId.java file is generated when choosing Domain Code. I assume to use this I would need to:

tableId myId = new tableId(valA, valB)
table myTable = new table(myId).
.
.
.
myTable.save()

Is this a correct assumption?

2. How am I supposed to use the generated DAO-file? Any examples on when this is useful? I have written my own DAO and it does not include any of the generated DAO-functions, so I am not sure of the use her...

Regards,
Stein

1) Yeah, that'll work if your keys are assigned manually (through code) and not generated.

2) If you already have DAO's, then why generate new ones?

1) Thx!

2) My concern was not the DAO, but that my DAO did not have any of the generated functions, which made me suspect I had done something wrong in my DAO (misunderstanding of the whole concept...)

You probably got a bit confused with the state-oriented methods in the generated DAO, yes? It used to be relatively unusual to write domain-object state-oriented methods (persist, remove...) in DAOs. The Hibernate team was involved in fashioning JSR220 (JPA), which moved from a command-oriented architecture (insert, delete, update) to a state-oriented architecture (persist, remove, attach). That'll throw you off if you are used to the old methodology of DAO's.