[hibernate-dev] Configuration as data for generating metamodel

[Gail Badner]

To be absolutely clear, I'm suggesting this as a way to put the new metamodel API in place for beta1, not for "a way out".

The Configuration would simply supply the data that would go into the new metamodel.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hardy Ferentschik" <hardy at hibernate.org>
To: hibernate-dev at lists.jboss.org, "Gail Badner" <gbadner at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:51:30 AM
Subject: Re: [hibernate-dev] Configuration as data for generating metamodel

Hi,

I don't see what we would gain by this. In fact I don't know how you want  
to
do this. The way forward is the new metamodel.

Given the current state I don't believe into a beta1 either (at least not
w/ the functionality we discussed), but if we are looking for a way out,
I don't think this is it.

--Hardy

On Mon, 23 May 2011 10:19:19 +0200, Gail Badner <gbadner at redhat.com> wrote:

> I've been thinking about how we can have the metamodel API in place in  
> time for the 4.0.0.beta1.
>
> One alternative is to use a fully built o.h.cfg.Configuration to provide  
> the data for generating the new metamodel.
>
> This is obviously not what we would want in the end, but in the near  
> term it would give us the data with everything already resolved.
>
> It would be available sooner so Steve could get going more quickly on  
> building the SessionFactory/persisters.
>
> I've thought of 2 ways we could use the Configuration:
> 1) create a separate type of metamodel source for Configuration data  
> (e.g., org.hibernate.metamodel.source.configuration) and use data from  
> this source to generate the metamodel.
> 2) use Configuration for binding missing data (what we haven't finished)  
> from annotations and hbm sources; as more data is available, we can  
> remove the references to Configuration.
>
> Comments?
>
> Gail
>
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