Author: epbernard Date: 2006-10-02 20:19:06 -0400 (Mon, 02 Oct 2006) New Revision: 10542 Modified: trunk/HibernateExt/metadata/src/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotationBinder.java Log: better exception message Modified: trunk/HibernateExt/metadata/src/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotationBinder.java =================================================================== --- trunk/HibernateExt/metadata/src/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotationBinder.java 2006-10-02 18:27:05 UTC (rev 10541) +++ trunk/HibernateExt/metadata/src/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotationBinder.java 2006-10-03 00:19:06 UTC (rev 10542) @@ -942,8 +942,10 @@ List<XProperty> properties = annotatedClass.getDeclaredProperties( accessType ); for ( XProperty p : properties ) { if ( !p.isTypeResolved() && !discoverTypeWithoutReflection( p ) && !mustBeSkipped( p, mappings ) ) { - throw new IllegalStateException( - "Property " + p + " has an unbound type and no explicit target entity." + throw new AnnotationException( + "Property " + StringHelper.qualify( propertyHolder.getEntityName(), p.getName() ) + + " has an unbound type and no explicit target entity. Resolve this Generic usage issue" + + " or set an explicit target attribute (eg @OneToMany(target=) or use an explicit @Type" ); } final boolean currentHasIdentifier = addProperty( p, elements, localPropertyAccessor, mappings );