New Hibernate Toolset for Hibernate 3

The Hibernate team has released a new set of tools to support development using the Hibernate Object-Relational Mapping tool. You can view these tools in action here: Configuration Wizard and Mapping Editor.

The tools consist of:

• A Mapping Editor - Supports auto assist and syntax highlighting for Hibernate mapping files. Also auto completes class names and property fields, functionality beyond a standard XML editor.
• A Console View - Supports interactive sessions using HQL.
• Wizards - Allows the generation of Hibernate configuration files and the reverse engineering of existing database schemas.
• Custom Templates - You can customize how code is generated by providing your own velocity files.

I guess this turns up the heat on the competition. That is Hibernate Synchronizer, ORM Studio Hibernate Edition and HiberClipse (see: Working with Hibernate in Eclipse for a review). Download the plugins while they're still hot!