Here's a contrived, simple example of a class which contain two of the same componets. I'm using hibernate 2.01 and xdoclet 1.2b3.
Given a basic class, PhoneNumber: package com.le.examples.hibernate; public class PhoneNumber { /** @hibernate.property */ public String getNumber() { return number; } public void setNumber(String number) { this.number = number; } /** @hibernate.property */ public String getExtension() { return extension; } public void setExtension(String extension) { this.extension = extension; } private String number; private String extension; } And a simple class Person: package com.le.examples.hibernate; /** @hibernate.class table="person" */ public class Person { public Person() {} /** @hibernate.id generator-class="native" */ public long getId() { return id; } public void setId(long id) { this.id = id; } /** @hibernate.component */ public PhoneNumber getHomeNumber() { return homeNumber; } public void setHomeNumber(PhoneNumber homeNumber) { this.homeNumber = homeNumber; } /** @hibernate.component */ public PhoneNumber getWorkNumber() { return workNumber; } public void setWorkNumber(PhoneNumber workNumber) { this.workNumber = workNumber; } private long id; private PhoneNumber homeNumber; private PhoneNumber workNumber; } The following schema is generated (mysql): create table person ( id BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, number VARCHAR(255), extension VARCHAR(255), primary key (id) ) The problem is that the second phone number component is lost. It's listed in the xdoclet generated hibernate mapping, but with column names that repeat (are non-unique). Is it possible to have xdoclet generate unique hibernate column names for each component by prepending some text (e.g. homeNumber, homeExtension, workNumber, workExtension)??? Thanks in advance... Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christian 'xian' Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -- Howard Thurman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ xdoclet-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdoclet-user