[hibernate-dev] EntityBindingState

[Steve Ebersole]

In looking at 
http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-6338 I 
really started digging into this notion of "binding state" and 
specifically EntityBindingState.

I ran into a question.  I don't quite follow reasons for some of the 
details here.  For example, I do not get why we:
1) instantiate an EntityBinding
2) instantiate an Entity, and pass it into the EntityBinding
3) instantiate a EntityBindingState and pass it into the EntityBinding.

Given what I understand the point of the "binding state" to be, the step 
I specifically do not get is (2).  Why not just make the information 
needed to create the Entity instance (name, supertype) part of the 
EntityBindingState contract and:
1) instantiate an EntityBinding2)
2) instantiate a EntityBindingState and pass it into the EntityBinding.

Then the EntityBinding can create the Entity as it needs based on 
EntityBindingState.

I did not want to just start making changes here without understanding 
the reasoning for doing it the way it is.

-- 
Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org>
http://hibernate.org