hibernate one class two tables ?

Dear All,

I have tree like data structure with different types of nodes. Each node type is a single class. There is number of common variables for each class (like: name, parent_id, distanceFromRoot) plus variables which are specific for given node type.

My idea was to map all nodes to one table regardless of type as a entity type - this is easy part; plus store specific variables as a value type in the different tables. That way I have one table with tree structure and one with specific information.

The question would be is it possible to map part of class variables to different column.

Sincerely,

Pawel

just an idea..by using the jdk 6 u have collections.search it.u can describe ur different values there.and then make :
Map<String,List<type of collection>>.