Re: [Springframework-developer] Getting the Configuration from a Hibernate *SessionFactoryBean

[Sam B. <sam...@sp...>]

Hi Arnout,

> The Hibernate *SessionFactoryBean contain a hibernate.cfg.Configuration, 
> and in some cases it can be useful to have access to that object from 
> the application. This isn't currently possible because the 
> AbstractSessionFactoryBean returns the SessionFactory with getObject(), 
> so the application only has access to the SessionFactory, not to the 
> *SessionFactoryBean itself.

Are you familiar with using the "&beanName" technique for referencing a 
factory bean rather than the bean it creates? If not, have a look here
at the Javadoc for LocalSessionFactoryBean.updateDatabaseSchema():

http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/api/org/springframework/orm/hibernate3/LocalSessionFactoryBean.html#updateDatabaseSchema()

You can use the same technique in your use case and then simply call 
getConfiguration() on the returned LocalSessionFactoryBean.

Does that suit your needs?

Regards,

  Sam


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