org.hibernate.engine

Enum FetchTiming

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<FetchTiming>

org.hibernate.engine.FetchTiming

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<FetchTiming>

public enum FetchTiming
extends Enum<FetchTiming>

Enumeration of values describing WHEN fetching should occur.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

See Also:

FetchStyle

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
DELAYED Performing fetching later, when needed.
IMMEDIATE Perform fetching immediately.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static FetchTiming	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static FetchTiming[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

IMMEDIATE

public static final FetchTiming IMMEDIATE

Perform fetching immediately. Also called eager fetching

DELAYED

public static final FetchTiming DELAYED

Performing fetching later, when needed. Also called lazy fetching.

Method Detail

values

public static FetchTiming[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (FetchTiming c : FetchTiming.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static FetchTiming valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null