I need to create a complete configuration purely from Java code. To make things a little more interesting, annotation is not an option either.

I have written some code which (appears to) iterate through an existing configuration (based on bhm files) and extract significant information. Where I am completely stuck is in adding this information to a brand new configuration instance [once I can do a simple clone, the "real process" will involve a number of transformations].

The following is what I have so far (but may be completely off-track)






BACKGROUND.

You'll find Hibernate 5 much better for this kind of use case.

In <= 4.x you'll essentially need to extend the Configuration object to gain access to adding PersistentClass entries to it. The easiest would be to extend Configuration and just expose the internal maps you feel you need access to.

Steve,

Thanks for the response. I do not think going to Hibernate 5 is an option as this is a project that must be done with the absolute minimum modification to the codebase....

Do you know of any samples? I have been working on this for two solid weeks now, and do not have a working program for even a simple single table mapping...

(On the other hand, I have working programs for 3 other ORM packages, making Hibernate the most difficult one to deal with by far in this regard, which I see as unfortunate)