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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:20:33+00:00

I’ve got a webapp whose original code base was developed with a hand crafted

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I’ve got a webapp whose original code base was developed with a hand crafted hibernate mapping file. Since then, I’ve become fairly proficient at ‘coding’ my hbm.xml file. But all the cool kids are using annotations these days.

So, the question is: Is it worth the effort to refactor my code to use hibernate annotations? Will I gain anything, other than being hip and modern? Will I lose any of the control I have in my existing hand coded mapping file?

A sub-question is, how much effort will it be? I like my databases lean and mean. The mapping covers only a dozen domain objects, including two sets, some subclassing, and about 8 tables.

Thanks, dear SOpedians, in advance for your informed opinions.

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  1. ‘If it ain’t broke – don’t fix it!’

    I’m an old fashioned POJO/POCO kind of guy anyway, but why change to annotations just to be cool? To the best of my knowledge you can do most of the stuff as annotations, but the more complex mappings are sometimes expressed more clearly as XML.

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