<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">

<hibernate-mapping>
   <class name="org.mycompany.project.SampleItem"
       table="MY_TABLE_VIEW" mutable="false">
      <composite-id>
         <key-property name="version" type="java.lang.String">
            <column name="VERSION"/>
         </key-property>
         <key-property name="itemId" type="java.lang.String">
            <column name="ITEM_ID"/>
         </key-property>
      </composite-id>
      <property name="sampleItemValue" type="java.lang.String">
         <column name="SAMPLE_ITEM_VALUE"/>
      </property>
   </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

package a.b.c.hibernate;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.DefaultNamingStrategy;

public class SimpleNamingStrategy extends DefaultNamingStrategy {

   private static final long serialVersionUID = 635776071048516410L;
   
   private String viewName;

   public SimpleNamingStrategy() {
      viewName= System.getProperty("view_xy");
   }

   @Override
   public String classToTableName(String className) {
      String rc = super.classToTableName(className);
      if (className.endsWith("view_xy")) {
         if (viewName!= null) {
            rc = viewName;
         }
      }
      return rc;
   }

}