org.hibernate.engine.internal

Class Cascade

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.engine.internal.Cascade

public final class Cascade
extends Object

Delegate responsible for, in conjunction with the various actions, implementing cascade processing.

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

CascadingAction

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	cascade(CascadingAction action, CascadePoint cascadePoint, EventSource eventSource, EntityPersister persister, Object parent) Cascade an action from the parent entity instance to all its children.
static void	cascade(CascadingAction action, CascadePoint cascadePoint, EventSource eventSource, EntityPersister persister, Object parent, Object anything) Cascade an action from the parent entity instance to all its children.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

cascade

public static void cascade(CascadingAction action,
                           CascadePoint cascadePoint,
                           EventSource eventSource,
                           EntityPersister persister,
                           Object parent)
                    throws HibernateException

Cascade an action from the parent entity instance to all its children.

Parameters:

persister - The parent's entity persister

parent - The parent reference.

Throws:

HibernateException

cascade

public static void cascade(CascadingAction action,
                           CascadePoint cascadePoint,
                           EventSource eventSource,
                           EntityPersister persister,
                           Object parent,
                           Object anything)
                    throws HibernateException

Cascade an action from the parent entity instance to all its children. This form is typically called from within cascade actions.

Parameters:

persister - The parent's entity persister

parent - The parent reference.

anything - Anything ;) Typically some form of cascade-local cache which is specific to each CascadingAction type

Throws:

HibernateException