When default meta-type used in <any> hibernate doesn't read <meta-value> subelements for <any>. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-3784 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3784 Project: Hibernate Core Issue Type: Bug Reporter: Dmitry Geraskov Priority: Minor Attachments: HbmBinder.txt HbmBinder#bindAny(...) have the following code: any.setIdentifierType( getTypeFromXML( node ) ); Attribute metaAttribute = node.attribute( "meta-type" ); if ( metaAttribute != null ) { ...read meta-value elements } So, for mapping <any name="data" id-type="long" cascade="none" > <meta-value value="A" class="Address"/> <column name="DATATYPE_"/> <column name="DATAID_"/> </any> and <any name="data" id-type="long" cascade="none" meta-type="string"> <meta-value value="A" class="Address"/> <column name="DATATYPE_"/> <column name="DATAID_"/> </any> will be generated different Configuration objects, but must be the same as Any.meta-type="string" as default. Patch for baranch hibernate-3.2 attached. -- 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