As I started working with Hibernate a few days ago, I was just wondering : suppose you're starting a project from scratch. Would you use annotation-based mapping or Hibernate mapping files, to generate the database schema.

It is my understanding that Hibernate mapping files offer some features that you won't find (at least, not the exact equivalent) with annotations. But still, I have the feeling that nowadays, projects using Hibernate would rather go for annotation-based than Hibernate mapping files.

Has anybody ever chosen mapping files over annotations, and if so, for what reasons?

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