public IdentitySchema(Configuration configuration) { this.configuration = configuration; this.properties = configuration.getProperties(); this.dialect = Dialect.getDialect(properties); try { // get the mapping field via reflection :-( Field mappingField = Configuration.class.getDeclaredField("mapping"); mappingField.setAccessible(true); this.mapping = (Mapping) mappingField.get(configuration); } catch (Exception e) { throw new RuntimeException("couldn't get the hibernate mapping", e); } }