[Hibernate] Global Components

[Aapo L. <aap...@pr...>]

I have need for global components. Here is example of one:

<component name="metadata" class="eg.Metadata">
  <property name="createdOn" column="created_on" type="timestamp"
unique="false"/>
  <many-to-one name="createdBy" class="eg.User" column="created_by"
unique="false"/>
  <property name="accepted" column="accepted" type="boolean"
unique="false"/>
  <many-to-one name="acceptedBy" class="eg.User" column="accepted_by"
unique="false"/>
  <property name="archived" column="archived" type="boolean"
unique="false"/>
  <property name="archivedOn" column="archived_on" type="timestamp"
unique="false"/>
  <many-to-one name="archivedBy" class="eg.User" column="archived_by"
unique="false"/>
  <property name="modifiedOn" column="modified_on" type="timestamp"
unique="false"/>
  <many-to-one name="modifiedBy" class="eg.User" column="modified_by"
unique="false"/>
  <property name="deleted" column="deleted" type="boolean"
unique="false"/>
  <property name="deletedOn" column="deleted_on" type="timestamp"
unique="false"/>
  <many-to-one name="deletedBy" class="eg.User" column="deleted_by"
unique="false"/>
</component>


With current implementation I have to copy this definition to all of my
mapping files that need to provide metadata. Is there workaround to
this? Or is it just me who ever likes to see this kind of functionality?



Kind Regards
Aapo <b/>ungle Laakkonen