[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HBX-1182) hbm2hbmxml does not escape comments when creating hbm.xml files

hbm2hbmxml does not escape comments when creating hbm.xml files --------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HBX-1182 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HBX-1182 Project: Hibernate Tools Issue Type: Bug Environment: Hibernate tools 3.2.3.GA. Oracle 11g Reporter: lajcik Priority: Minor When given a table like this (simplified example): CREATE TABLE "MYSCHEMA"."MYTABLE" ( "MYID" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE, "CTYPE" VARCHAR2(50 BYTE), ); COMMENT ON COLUMN "MYSCHEMA"."MYTABLE"."CTYPE" IS 'Something something enumeration: <home_phone, work_phone, cell_phone, fax, email>'; hbm2hbmxml will generate the following mapping file (excerpt): <property name="ctype" type="string" > <column name="CTYPE" length="50" > <comment>Something something enumeration: <home_phone, work_phone, cell_phone, fax, email> </comment> </column> </property> This file is not valid xml and will cause errors when loaded by hibernate. hbm2hbmxml should escape comment text, replacing < with &lt; etc