Re: [Hibernate] writing the properties of a persistent object to a string

[Gavin K. <ga...@ap...>]

> Isn't that more like:
>
> sessionFactory.openDatabinder().bind(foo).toXML();

yes, of course. my bad

> Great feature, btw!
>



Is it?? I've never noticed anyone actually using this stuff, so I just let
it sit and go moldy. I was never sure *why*; Is it

* a good feature but because I never documented it , nobody knows it works
* a good feature but because I never finished it (missing XML->objects),
nobody can use it yet
* a useful feature but the wrong approach
* not really useful to anyone