How do I declare the properties of component, so XDoclet generates a fragment like this:

<component name="name" class="Name">
<property name="firstName"/>
<property name="initial"/>
<property name="lastName"/>
</component>

I've already added

@hibernate.component class="Name"

to the getter/setter in my parent class (User). Now XDoclet generates

<component name="name" class="Name">
</component>

I was supposing that I would have to add tags to the component class itself, like @hibernate.property to every property, but then what would I have to declare at the top of the class? @hibernate.class seems not the way to go, because then XDoclet expects an ID property (which is senseless for a component).

Regards,

Andreas

I am answering my own question:

It seems as if there is no need to declare anything at class level of the component class.

Regards,

Andreas

How does that work?
XDoclet doesnt seem to touch the file containing my component class declaration at all.. It is in the same folder as the class using it and XDoclet has been instructed to look at all *.java files...

any ideas?

class using component:
/**
* @hibernate.component class="MassDeviation"
* @return
*/
public MassDeviation getFragmentMassTolerance() {
return fragmentMassTolerance;
}

component class (containing one property for clarity):

public class MassDeviation {

private float deviation;

/**
* @hibernate.property
* @return
*/
public float getDeviation() {
return deviation;
}
}

this gives me the following mapping file (excerpt):

<component name="fragmentMassTolerance" class="MassDeviation">
</component>

as you can see, no component properties...

hmm... looks like the problem is the >>class="MassDeviation"<< attribute on the @hibernate.component tag.. If I remove it, the properties are actually generated in the mapping file...