Re[2]: [Hibernate-devel] Re[2]: MappingByReflection release

[Doug C. <de...@fl...>]

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> As I'm not a fan of coding XML by hand, I'd still like to find a mapping
> generation mechanism that fits into an automated build environment.  I 
> have reservations about layering explicit mapping details over to the 
> top of MappingByRefection.

One of the best things about MappingByRefection is that it will (when
it's tested) only produce mappings that will work... at least on the
Java side, and with newly created databases. In other words, you can't
have a property in the xml that doesn't exist in the class, and they
always have a good type. I hope that when adding information in an
automated way, by whatever means (gui, javadoc, config file), that
this feature is maintained.

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