Exception at org.hibernate.type.ClassType.toString(ClassType.java:43) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-3012 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3012 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Bug Environment: hibernate 3.2, mysql Reporter: kinfei Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to java.lang.Class at org.hibernate.type.ClassType.toString(ClassType.java:43) mapping property -> <property name="entityClass" column="ENTITY_CLASS" type="java.lang.Class" length="50" not-null="true" /> is it needed to replace this public String toString(Object value) throws HibernateException { return ( (Class) value ).getName(); } -- 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