org.hibernate

Class Hibernate

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.Hibernate

public final class Hibernate
extends Object

• Provides access to the full range of Hibernate built-in types. Type instances may be used to bind values to query parameters.
• A factory for new Blobs and Clobs.
• Defines static methods for manipulation of proxies.

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

Clob, Blob, Type

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	close(Iterator iterator) Close an Iterator instances obtained from Query.iterate() immediately instead of waiting until the session is closed or disconnected.
static Class	getClass(Object proxy) Get the true, underlying class of a proxied persistent class.
static LobCreator	getLobCreator(Session session) Obtain a lob creator for the given session.
static LobCreator	getLobCreator(SessionImplementor session) Obtain a lob creator for the given session.
static void	initialize(Object proxy) Force initialization of a proxy or persistent collection.
static boolean	isInitialized(Object proxy) Check if the proxy or persistent collection is initialized.
static boolean	isPropertyInitialized(Object proxy, String propertyName) Check if the property is initialized.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

initialize

public static void initialize(Object proxy)
                       throws HibernateException

Force initialization of a proxy or persistent collection.

Note: This only ensures intialization of a proxy object or collection; it is not guaranteed that the elements INSIDE the collection will be initialized/materialized.

Parameters:

proxy - a persistable object, proxy, persistent collection or null

Throws:

HibernateException - if we can't initialize the proxy at this time, eg. the Session was closed

isInitialized

public static boolean isInitialized(Object proxy)

Check if the proxy or persistent collection is initialized.

Parameters:

proxy - a persistable object, proxy, persistent collection or null

Returns:

true if the argument is already initialized, or is not a proxy or collection

getClass

public static Class getClass(Object proxy)

Get the true, underlying class of a proxied persistent class. This operation will initialize a proxy by side-effect.

Parameters:

proxy - a persistable object or proxy

Returns:

the true class of the instance

Throws:

HibernateException

getLobCreator

public static LobCreator getLobCreator(Session session)

Obtain a lob creator for the given session.

Parameters:

session - The session for which to obtain a lob creator

Returns:

The log creator reference

getLobCreator

public static LobCreator getLobCreator(SessionImplementor session)

Obtain a lob creator for the given session.

Parameters:

session - The session for which to obtain a lob creator

Returns:

The log creator reference

close

public static void close(Iterator iterator)
                  throws HibernateException

Close an Iterator instances obtained from Query.iterate() immediately instead of waiting until the session is closed or disconnected.

Parameters:

iterator - an Iterator created by iterate()

Throws:

HibernateException - Indicates a problem closing the Hibernate iterator.

IllegalArgumentException - If the Iterator is not a "Hibernate Iterator".

See Also:

Query.iterate()

isPropertyInitialized

public static boolean isPropertyInitialized(Object proxy,
                                            String propertyName)

Check if the property is initialized. If the named property does not exist or is not persistent, this method always returns true.

Parameters:

proxy - The potential proxy

propertyName - the name of a persistent attribute of the object

Returns:

true if the named property of the object is not listed as uninitialized; false otherwise