[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (ANN-539) Generics and @Embedded doesn't work

[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-539?page=co... ] Christophe Vanfleteren commented on ANN-539: -------------------------------------------- Emmanuel, I'm not quite sure I quite follow your argument: I'd use Range<Integer> on the setBounds, as in Example e = new Example(); Range<Integer> bounds = new Range<Integer>(0,10); e.setBounds(bounds); Hibernate can create an instance of Range using newInstance, and it can fill up the min/max fields of it, it just needs a way to know what type those fields should have when it hydrates. If you could do something like this: @AttributeOverrides({ @AttributeOverride(name="min", column = @Column(name="min_size"), type=@Type(type="int") ), @AttributeOverride(name="max", column = @Column(name="max_size"), type=@Type(type="int") ) }) private Range<Integer> sizeBounds; @AttributeOverrides({ @AttributeOverride(name="min", column = @Column(name="min_date"),type=@Type(type="date") ), @AttributeOverride(name="max", column = @Column(name="max_date"),type=@Type(type="date") ) }) private Range<Date> dateBounds; then you'd be able to use the single Range<T> class in the same entity (you could problably also guess the correct type using the Parameterized types of the fields). Kind of like you could do when using mapping files (mapping the same class as a component twice, only using different types for the fields). As it stands now, you need to make a specialized implementation every time you plan to use a Range of a different type. -- 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