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1. Best place for @Column annotations in Hibernate POJO classes -- variable or method?    coderanch.com

I have inherited some annotated Hibernate POJO classes in which the @Column annotations are used on the get*() methods. My preference would be for the annotations to be placed on the member variable declarations instead, as this seems more logical and readable. However I am new to Hibernate annotations and so I wonder what is the best practice -- method level ...

2. private member variables vs. Map in POJO    forum.hibernate.org

I'm new to Hibernate, and need some advice on two different POJO implementation approaches for each hbm definition. For every property that I define inside Hibernate hbm file, the first approach is to declare private member variables, and corresponding getters and setters functions. The second approach is to create a Map variable that will hold all values (using property name as ...

3. POJOs instance variables and accessor methods    forum.hibernate.org

Hello everybody, In Hibernate's reference guide, it is stated that by default, Hibernate will use a POJO's accessor methods (getters/setters) and not the instance variables directly. Does this imply that if I were to have a POJO with only accessor methods and *no* instance variables defined, Hibernate can still persist that POJO (entity) correctly? For example, let's say I have the ...