By default iBATIS expects enums to be stored in the DB using the enum _names_. I am working with a legacy DB where the enum's ordinal is stored instead.
On a global level I managed to do this by patching the default EnumTypeHandler. The only alternative that I currently see is to write a specific type handler for each single enum used in the project. This can't really be the ultimate solution. Is there a better solution that I have missed so far? I can't register a typehandler for the "Enum" base class, because iBATIS only ever compares to the concrete class. Shouldn't there be a built-in, quick way to configure either ordinal or name on a mapper level?
