Hibernate-Mapping package attribute

The package attribute in <hibernate-mapping package=”some.package”> is used so that you can write:

<hibernate-mapping package=”h1″>

<class name=”Whatever” table=”WHATEVER”>
<id name=”id” column=”WHATEVER_ID”>
<generator class=”native”/>
</id>
</class>

</hibernate-mapping>

instead of:

<hibernate-mapping>

<class name=”h1.Whatever” table=”WHATEVER”>
<id name=”id” column=”WHATEVER_ID”>
<generator class=”native”/>
</id>
</class>

</hibernate-mapping>