My preferred way for configuring NHibernate is as following:
- Create a hibernate.cfg.xml file for session-factory settings.
- Add mapping files, named type.hbm.xml, as embedded resources to the library project that implements the repository.
When i looked at the documentation i found the following:
Another alternative (probably the best) way is to let NHibernate load all of the mapping files contained in an Assembly:
Configuration cfg = new Configuration(); .AddAssembly( "NHibernate.Auction" );
Whenever i tried that code i received an InvalidOperationException: Could not find the dialect in the configuration. In order to make the configuration work the way i prefer you have to do the following:
Configuration cfg = new Configuration().Configure(); cfg.AddAssembly(typeof(MyRepository).Assembly);
Another attention point is the fact that i believe that all connectionStrings belong in App.Config. This can be realised by using the connection.connection_string_name attribute:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2"> <session-factory> <property name="connection.provider">NHibernate.Connection.DriverConnectionProvider</property <property name="dialect">NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2005Dialect</property> <property name="connection.driver_class">NHibernate.Driver.SqlClientDriver</property> <property name="connection.connection_string_name">AdventureWorks</property> </session-factory> </hibernate-configuration>