(AnnotationBinder) Make alphabetically sort of declared properties optional. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-863 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-863 Project: Hibernate Annotations Issue Type: Improvement Components: binder Affects Versions: 3.4.0.GA Reporter: Jan Ritzenhoff In Line 1025 of org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationBinder the declared properties are alphabetically sorted by default. As a result the columns of the CREATE TABLE statement are also alphabetically sorted even if the class dictates another order. Example: @Entity public class MyClass { @Id public long id; public String b; public String a; ...getter-setter.... } results in a table like: | id | a | b but I (or an important customer, resp.) would like to have an order as declared in the class (for better manual readability): | id | b | a Sometimes it is important to have this order - eg if you look on big tables with db-tools and you want to see the most important columns first. (and often scientists do so) My wish is to implement a property like: <property name="hibernate.sortDeclaredFields" value="true" /> So the columns 1025 - 129 become optional! // Collections.sort( properties, new Comparator<XProperty>() { // public int compare(XProperty property1, XProperty property2) { // return property1.getName().compareTo( property2.getName() ); // } // } ); -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira