adding an nHibernate mapping at run time?

Question

Background:

I\'m getting a mapping failure when trying to use nHibernate. The application consists of several assemblies. One of the assemblies is a

Answer 1

Re your comment - no you cannot add mappings once you constructed your session factory. You can however re-create the session factory. Keep in mind though that it can be expensive operation (a second or so).

Answer 2

You can add mappings at runtime at the moment your session factory is being constructed:

ISessionFactory sf = new Configuration()
    .AddFile("Item.hbm.xml")
    .AddFile("Bid.hbm.xml")
    .BuildSessionFactory();

or with assemblies:

ISessionFactory sf = new Configuration()
    .AddAssembly("NHibernate.Auction")
    .BuildSessionFactory();