From: Emmanuel Bernard <emmanuel(a)hibernate.org&gt; Date: April 6, 2009 19:06:40 CEDT To: Hardy Ferentschik <hibernate(a)ferentschik.de&gt; Subject: Re: ignore-annotations in super classes Good question. I would say no. To do that, you would need to override the superclass or interface definition. I think that makes it more consistent. Otherwise rules could become complex, I think. PS I could be convince of the opposite but like the simplicity of the answer. On Apr 6, 2009, at 18:59, Hardy Ferentschik wrote: > Hi, > > If I set ignore-annotations to true on bean, class, field or getter > level, do I then also ignore the annotations placed on the > appropriate level in the super classes (or other implemented > interfaces in the case of class level)? I would assume thought, > right? > > --Hardy