Question

We have built the MySql connector from source and changed the assembly name to OurCompany.MySql.Data.

Also, I am exploring ORM’s for the first time and came across NHibernate. After configuring everything and mapping my first test class I am at a point where our renamed MySql connector is now a problem. Is there a way I can point NHibernate to our renamed assembly?

** edit heres my config **

<hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">
    <session-factory>
        <property name="dialect">
            NHibernate.Dialect.MySQLDialect
        </property>
        <property name="connection.provider">
            NHibernate.Connection.DriverConnectionProvider
        </property>
        <property name="connection.driver_class">
            NHibernate.Driver.MySqlDataDriver
        </property>
        <property name="connection.connection_string">
           Server=192.168.2.5;Database=TomTest;User ID=webuser;Password=webuser
        </property>
        <property name="show_sql">true</property>
        <property name="proxyfactory.factory_class">
           NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle.ProxyFactoryFactory, NHibernate.ByteCode.Castle
        </property>
        <!-- HBM Mapping Files -->
        <mapping assembly="MyAssembly"/>
    </session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

Answer 1

Take a look at the code of MySqlDataDriver. It’s trivial to write a ReflectionBasedDriver that is exactly like the MySqlDataDriver but only differs in the assembly name (the second parameter in the constructor). Then plug your driver in the connection.driver_class property (use its fully qualified type name)