Ignore unmapped enum values - org.hibernate.type.EnumType throws exceptions when trying to map unknown values to an Enum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: ANN-769 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-769 Project: Hibernate Annotations Issue Type: Improvement Affects Versions: 3.4.0.GA Reporter: Alvin The issue is described in a previous Jira - http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-717. To solve this particular scenario could we add either (unless someone has a more correct method) - - an attribute to the @Enumerated annotation so that ignores values in the database which are not mapped via the Enum - extend @NotFound annotation so it also works on enums -- 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