Question

is there any way to define objects in hibernate.cfg.xml by scope and not one by one?

For example, in Spring you can define all controllers by such annotation:

<context:component-scan base-package="crm.controller" />

Can I define hibernate classes in the same way? Or it must be defined one by one?

Thank you

Answer 1

If you are using Spring MVC, you can configure it when setting up your sessionFactory. If you are using hbm files:

<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
    <property name="mappingResources">
        <list>
            <value>file1.hbm.xml</value>
            <value>file2.hbm.xml</value>
        </list>
    </property>
    <property name="hibernateProperties" ref="hibernateProperties"/>
</bean>

If you are using annotated classes:

<bean id="sessionFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.annotation.AnnotationSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
    <property name="packagesToScan" value="com.me.domain">
    <property name="hibernateProperties" ref="hibernateProperties"/>
</bean>