[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Created: (ANN-527) reference a target entity (in a collection) by entity name

reference a target entity (in a collection) by entity name ---------------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-527 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-527 Project: Hibernate Annotations Type: New Feature Components: binder Reporter: Armin Haaf It is only possible to reference a targetEntity by class. @ManyToMany(targetEntity = TestImpl.class) List<Test> myList; This makes it impossible to exchange TestImpl.class implemention by another implemention by the mappings definition. It would be helpful to reference a targetEntity by name. @ManyToMany(targetEntityName = "Test") This would help a lot to implement moduls and frameworks. Another way to support this would be to search for a implementation of the collection elements (which are typically Interfaces) in the mapped entities -- 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