Hi,

we have a "util-project" that is included in a few other projects.
In the util-project, I have an abstract class I want to use in a "table per class hierarchy” strategy in the other
projects.
So I would like to define all attributes of the abstract class in a hbm.xml file in the util project,
then I would like to somehow reference this information in the hbm files in the respective sub projects.

I found examples such as:
<hibernate-mapping>

<class name=”Employee” table=”EMP”>

<id name=”id” column=”EMP_ID” type=”long”>

<generator class=”native” />

</id>

<property name=”employeeName” column=”EMP_NAME” />

<property name=”location” column=”LOCATION” />

<joined-subclass name=”RegularEmployee” table=”REG_EMP” >

<key column=”EMP_ID” />

<property name=”salary” column=”SALARY” />

<property name=”bonus” column=”BONUS” />

</joined-subclass>

<joined-subclass name=”RegularEmployee” table=”REG_EMP” >

<key column=”EMP_ID” />

<property name=”hourlyRate” column=”RATE” />

<property name=”perDiemRate” column=”PER_DIEM” />

<property name=”contractPeriod” column=”CON_PERIOD” />

</joined-subclass>

</class>

</hibernate-mapping>

But for this I would have to define the subclasses directly in the util project -
but the other projects should be dependend on this util-project, and not vice versa - so the util
project should not have any information about the projects that use it.

Is there any way of achieving this?

Thanks,

Marcus