Does a custom exporter inherit from ExporterTask?

peterm · **Joined:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:37 pm **Posts:** 24

Hi,

I want to write my own Exporter class, but when I try to inherit from org.hibernate.tool.ant.ExporterTask, I have the problem that I have to override the abstract method getName which I can't do since it is not visible (declared as friendly).
How should I proceed?

max · **Posted:** Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:21 pm

report in jira...

but going one step back - why do you want to have a custom ant exporter task ? That should not be necessary for 99% of the usecases I know ;)

peterm · **Joined:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:37 pm **Posts:** 24

I want to generate Hibernate mapping files from mapping information that is contained programmatically in a self written persistence layer. So it's a very special task that can't be done with the common features of Hibernate Tools. The reference has a section where you are encouraged to write your own custom exporter. I'd like to inherit from ExporterTask as I think that I can use a lot of it's functionality.

max · **Posted:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:20 am

peterm wrote:

I want to generate Hibernate mapping files from mapping information that is contained programmatically in a self written persistence layer.

ok

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So it's a very special task that can't be done with the common features of Hibernate Tools. The reference has a section where you are encouraged to write your own custom exporter.

sure - but adding a custom ant section per exporter was not actually the intention (only in rare cases)

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I'd like to inherit from ExporterTask as I think that I can use a lot of it's functionality.

I'm still missing why <hbmtemplate> is not enough for you.

In any case the exporterTask should be fixed so please open it in jira. thanks.

peterm · **Joined:** Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:37 pm **Posts:** 24

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I'm still missing why <hbmtemplate> is not enough for you.

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I haven't yet tried to use <hbmtemplate>, I'll try now if it'll do what I need.

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In any case the exporterTask should be fixed so please open it in jira. thanks.

Jira: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HBX-1026