Hibernate：An association from the table Table refers to an unmapped class: Class

1.数据库结构

article: id、title、content ...

article_attachment: article_id、attachment_id

attachment: id、name、src ...

2.代码结构

article.java:

public class Article implements Serializable{

...

private Set<Attachment> attachments;

...

}

article.hbm.xml: 

...

<set

  name="attachments" 
  table="ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT" 
  cascade="all-delete-orphan" 
  lazy="false">
  <cache usage="read-write"/>
  <key column="ARTICLE_ID"/>
  <many-to-many 
  column="ATTACHMENT_ID" 
  class="Attachment"/>

</set>

... 

attachment.java

attachment.hbm.xml

3.错误代码

Caused by: org.hibernate.MappingException: An association from the table ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT refers to an unmapped class: Attachment

4.错误原因

A> hibernate.cfg.xml未加载Attachment.hbm.xml

B> Attachment.hbm.xml未实现

C> Attachment.hbm.xml的class未指定包（package）