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org.hibernate.loader.ast.spi

public Interface NaturalIdLoader<T>

extends EntityLoader, MultiKeyLoader
Known Direct Implementers
org.hibernate.loader.ast.internal.AbstractNaturalIdLoader
Imports
org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor
Loader for org.hibernate.annotations.NaturalId handling
Author
Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public T
load(Object
The natural-id to load. One of 2 forms accepted: * Single-value - valid for entities with a simple (single-valued) natural-id * Map - valid for any natural-id load. The map is each value keyed by the attribute name that the value corresponds to. Even though this form is allowed for simple natural-ids, the single value form should be used as it is more efficient
naturalIdToLoad, NaturalIdLoadOptions
The options to apply to the load operation
options, SharedSessionContractImplementor
The session into which the entity is being loaded
session)

Perform the load of the entity by its natural-id

public Object
resolveIdToNaturalId(Object id, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)

Resolve the natural-id value(s) from an id

public Object
resolveNaturalIdToId(Object naturalIdValue, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)

Resolve the id from natural-id value

Inherited from org.hibernate.loader.ast.spi.EntityLoader:
getLoadable

Method Detail

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public T load(Object naturalIdToLoad, NaturalIdLoadOptions options, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)

Perform the load of the entity by its natural-id

Parameters
naturalIdToLoad:Object

The natural-id to load. One of 2 forms accepted: * Single-value - valid for entities with a simple (single-valued) natural-id * Map - valid for any natural-id load. The map is each value keyed by the attribute name that the value corresponds to. Even though this form is allowed for simple natural-ids, the single value form should be used as it is more efficient

options:NaturalIdLoadOptions

The options to apply to the load operation

session:SharedSessionContractImplementor

The session into which the entity is being loaded

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public Object resolveIdToNaturalId(Object id, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)

Resolve the natural-id value(s) from an id

resolveNaturalIdToIdback to summary
public Object resolveNaturalIdToId(Object naturalIdValue, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)

Resolve the id from natural-id value