Hi,

I am developing an application which would be greatly simplified by the use of Java 5 generics in the data layer. I was wondering if there is a way to map this (through hibernate annotatios, if possible) to the underlying database.

I attach a piece of code to illustrate it:

public class Incident<Type extends Event> {
private Type event;

public Type getEvent() {
return event;
}

public void setEvent(Type event) {
this.event = event;
}
}

The class (and then the table) to which this entity (Incident) is associated can't be throughoutfully determined.

Thank you in advance

After trying to map it, I receive this Exception:
org.hibernate.AnnotationException: Property Incident.event has an unbound type and no explicit target entity. Resolve this Generic usage issue or set an explicit target attribute (eg @OneToMany(target=) or use an explicit @Type

But Type is not unbounded!. It seems to be a bug:
http://opensource.atlassian.com/project ... se/ANN-526

This bug remains open since 11/Jan/07, and it has minor priority. If you want it fixed, please vote for it in the JIRA web.

Thank you!