Update hbm.xml file to hibernate 5 for hibernate.spatial.GeometryType

Question

I have a Location.hbm.xml file with the following line:

<property name="coordinates" type="org.hibernate.spatial.GeometryType">
        <column name="coordinates" />
</property>

We are updating to hibernate 5, and there is no GeometryType object anymore. What class should I use instead?

Answer 1

In Hibernate 5, Hibernate Spatial is much closer integrated in Hibernate-core then before. Provided your coordinates property is of type JTS Geometry, and hibernate-spatial 5 is on the classpath, it should be resolved automatically. The type has key jts_geometry in the Type Registry