Database Schema to xxx.hbm.xml

[Anthony Karta]

is there an open-source tool to generate *basic* hibernate mapping files (.hbm.xml)? at least column/field names and then we can edit the relationship etc.

we have plan to use Hibernate framework but find it's time consuming to write down .hbm.xml for all tables (50+) from scratch.

thanks all
tony

[Michael Duffy]

Originally posted by Tony Karta:
is there an open-source tool to generate *basic* hibernate mapping files (.hbm.xml)? at least column/field names and then we can edit the relationship etc.

we have plan to use Hibernate framework but find it's time consuming to write down .hbm.xml for all tables (50+) from scratch.

thanks all
tony

Middlegen might help. There are Ant tasks, too.

You need three things: (1) Schema, (2) Java objects, and (3) Hibernate mappings. You need two out of three to generate the third.

If you generate mappings straight from tables, I think that implies an assumption that the objects map 1:1 with the tables, and the attribute names match the column names. Is that what you want?

[Anthony Karta]

Middlegen might help. There are Ant tasks, too.

You need three things: (1) Schema, (2) Java objects, and (3) Hibernate mappings. You need two out of three to generate the third.
If you generate mappings straight from tables, I think that implies an assumption that the objects map 1:1 with the tables, and the attribute names match the column names. Is that what you want?

Yes, that's what we want. just plain one to one mapping and then we can edit them manually.

where I can find that ant task? any pointer really appreciated.

thanks again
tony