> hmmm....don't know if it would be great to hold a reference to an object
> in the exception...but maybe extend the message with information > (textual representation of the object) would probably be ok.... OK. So, add a toString() to the JDBCException's message. It's a good idea. I want to make sure I understand your concern. While I see the need to be circumspect about this sort of thing, I'm having trouble thinking of cases where holding the reference in the Exception could actually cause a problem. We're talking about times where the Exception will outlast the Object, right? Please, this is purely hypothetical - I'm just trying to learn about how things work. > >And then as I consider alternatives, I consider making the bean > >Validateable, and ideally using a utility class to check the String > >properties against length values in the persistence metadata. But when I > >look through ClassMetadata and Type, I can't find the "length." Am I > >missing it? Or is it not there? > > > > > It is available from Configurations metadata. Thanks! I see it now. I was thrown off by the manual's directions regarding the metadata available via SessionFactory. For the benefit of the archives: Configuration.getClassMapping(), to getProperty(), to getColumnIterator(), to getLength() on the Column object. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel