element/@attribute not implemented for collection elements ---------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-434 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-434 Project: Hibernate3 Type: Bug

Components: core Versions: 3.0.3 Reporter: Gavin King Fix For: entity-modes

None of the following: <element> <one-to-many> <many-to-many> support use of node="element/@attribute", which is *extremely* useful when embed-xml="false" (the common case). This is because we do not go via property accessors in the PersistentXXXElementHolder classes. Instead, we have hardcoded element iteration in about 16 different methods. We need to find some design where this can be made more flexible. Perhaps just CollectionPersister.getElementName() + CollectionPersister.getElementValue()/CollectionPersister.getElementValue() is enough, since PropertyAccessor is certainly not an appropriate solution. Any volunteers?