[Hibernate] Enhancements to the Hibernate Xdoclet subtasks

[Joel Rosi-S. <Joe...@Et...>]

I started this conversation on the Hibernate forum. For the benefit of 
those who did not read that thread ("Zen of mapping strategies & 
generation tools", it was lengthy to say the least;-) I will briefly 
recap the part that is relevant here.

 I am going to be using Hibernate in a couple of projects and would 
prefer to maintain the mapping definitions as automatically as possible. 
I have not yet chosen the exact mapping strategy I will employ and 
Gavins comment was that possibly I would be best off with a 
"<joined-subclass> functionality (table-per-subclass)" strategy. In any 
case, for all of options I am considering, the current Xdoclet is 
insufficient to handle that task.

 I have therefore volunteered to take on doing some extension work to 
the hibernate subtask. Gavin has expressed willingness to guide the 
effort, which is essential as I do not have the experience with 
hibernate to really understand what is wanted and needed. It would also 
be very helpful if I had someone who has prior XDoclet development 
experience to support me when I need some questions answered in that arena.

 I have set aside a few days to accomplish this. So, while my time is 
limited, I am very open to suggestions from the community as to what is 
wanted. I will do as much as is possible within my initial time constraints.

 So the first task at hand is to specify the functionality. Let the 
games begin...

 - joel