no, not an expert :)
I remember seeing an example of payments in the hierarchy mapping
documentation. I think they where using entities though, not value
objects.

On Nov 21, 1:25 pm, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Jason.  I really appreciate your guidance.  I don't now if you
> would
> consider yourself an expert, but none-the-less, any thoughts on my
> last question?
>
> >Lastly,  this seems like a straight forward use case for mapping, but
> >not obvious as to how to map the model.  Why?  Perhaps it (Polymorphic 
> >Components)
> >should be a feature or maybe the difficulty is telling me my modeling is 
> >off. If so, does anyone
> >have any insights?
>
> Cheers,
> Aeden
>
> On Nov 20, 2:11 pm, Jason Meckley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think you are on the right track. yes, you need to define the
> > columns in the property mapping, and these properties will also play a
> > role in the implementation.
> > I would first start with mapping via IUserType. once this is working
> > and you understand how it works, you can implement ICompositeUserType
> > which should allow you to query properties of the payment type.
>
> > On Nov 20, 4:13 pm, "[email protected]"
>
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hmmm..... are there any examples out there for this scenario?
>
> > > If not, can you sketch how it might be achieved because there are some
> > > details that I'm fuzzy on.
>
> > > If one uses IUserType I won't be able to query
> > > on the properties and so suppose I implement ICompositeUserType
> > > for the ValueObject PaymentMethod to be used like this
>
> > > class Subscription {
> > >      public PaymentMethod PaymentMethod { get; set; }
>
> > > }
>
> > > class PaymentMethod
>
> > > class CreditCard : PaymentMethod
>
> > > class ECheck : PaymentMethod
>
> > > so a given subcription I would like the correct type of
> > > instance to be returned. (e.g.CreditCard or an ECheck)
> > > and when I query.
>
> > > One of the details I'm confused about is based on my understanding
> > > would I have to, in the property mapping, list all the columns
> > > involved in mapping
> > > each class e.g.
>
> > > <property name="" class="PaymentMethodCustomType>
> > >    <column name="CardNumber"/>
> > >    <column name="Expiration"/>
> > >    <column name="CSC"/>
> > >     .....
> > >    <column name="CheckAccountNumber"/>
> > >    <column name="RoutingNumber"/>
> > >    .....
>
> > > </property>
>
> > > and in the GetProperties Method I would list all of the Properties in
> > > every class?
> > > Is that right?
>
> > > Lastly,  this seems like a straight forward use case for mapping, but
> > > not obvious
> > > as to how to map the model.  Why?  Perhaps this should be a feature or
> > > maybe
> > > the difficulty is telling me my modeling is off. If so, does anyone
> > > have any insights?
>
> > > Cheers,
> > > Aeden
>
> > > On Nov 20, 5:16 am, Jason Meckley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > components do not allow for polymorphism. you need to implement your
> > > > own IUserType to manage PaymentType. You're other option is to map
> > > > PaymentType to an entity (requires db schema change.)
>
> > > > On Nov 20, 2:04 am, "[email protected]"
>
> > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > I have what appears to be a common and simple model.  I have a
> > > > > Subscription entity which contains the value object PaymentMethod.
> > > > > The PaymentMethods are CreditCard or ECheck.   I map the Subscription
> > > > > class as an entity and I would like to map the PaymentMethod has a
> > > > > component, but component mappings don't support polymorphism. Or do
> > > > > they?  How do other people handle this? Or is there something wrong
> > > > > with the modeling?
>
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Aeden- Hide quoted text -
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