E.g. I can see some usefulness in:
{noformat}/**
* A class from an external source - aka cannot be changed
*/
public class Person {
String firstName;
String lastName;
...
}{noformat}
{noformat}<entity-mappings>
<entity name="Person">
<attributes>
<!-- virtual attributes -->
<id .../>
<version ../>
<basic name="firstName" .../>
<basic name="lastName" .../>
</attributes>
</entity>
</entity-mappings>{noformat}
In a way its a natural replacement for the legacy support for of persisting entities with “external ids”. |
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