Class Editor
This dialog box allows you to create and edit classes, and add or delete their properties.
To open the Class Editor, double-click the class on the diagram or in the Model Explorer, or select Edit from the class shortcut menu.
The Class Editor dialog box appears.
The following options are available:
Name – The fully qualified .NET class name of the persistent class (or interface), including its assembly name.
Table – The name of the corresponding database table.
Modifier – Specifies the access modifier. Acceptable values are Public and Internal.
Schema – (optional) Overrides the schema name specified by the root <hibernate-mapping> element.
Abstract – Specifies whether the class is abstract.
Mutable – (optional, defaults to true) Specifies that instances of the class are (not) mutable.
Dynamic Insert – (optional, defaults to false) Specifies that INSERT SQL should be generated at runtime and contain only the columns whose values are not null.
Dynamic Update – (optional, defaults to false) Specifies that UPDATE SQL should be generated at runtime and contain only those columns whose values have changed.
Select before Update – (optional, defaults to false) Specifies that NHibernate should never perform an SQL UPDATE unless it is certain that an object is actually modified. In certain cases (actually, only when a transient object has been associated with a new session using update()), this means that NHibernate will perform an extra SQL SELECT to determine if an UPDATE is actually required.
View – Selecting a view allows you to view and edit specific parameters for class or type properties inside the Class Editor without opening the Property Editor. The following views are available:
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General – Allows you to edit main property parameters, such as its type, server data type, corresponding column name, nullability, whether it is a part of Entity Key, whether it is read-only.
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Presentation – Allows you to edit the property display name.
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Validation – Allows you to edit property validation settings - whether its value must be set, its format, min and max length for string data types, min and max value for numeric data types.
Properties – Lists the properties of the class and their parameters.