[hibernate-dev] New feature: Configuring “hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto” at entity level?

Hello, I currently use the hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto property with a value of create. While this setting is very convenient for some entities, I also have an entity that is not going to change (i.e. reference data such as postcodes) and that contains some data that I would like to keep across restarts of the app server (i.e. Tomcat). I am seeking for a way to tell hibernate/JPA not to touch this entity/table whatever the value of thehibernate.hbm2ddl.auto property. Is it possible to configure the value of this property at the level of an entity and therefore override the overall behavior for a specific entity? This would be a wonderful feature for entities that represent reference tables/data. Please let me know if you are planning on implementing such a feature in upcoming versions of Hiberrnate/EntityManager. Regards, Julien.