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org.hibernate.id.factory

public Interface IdentifierGeneratorFactory

Known Direct Implementers
org.hibernate.id.factory.DefaultIdentifierGeneratorFactory
Imports
java.util.Properties, java.io.Serializable, org.hibernate.id.IdentifierGenerator, org.hibernate.type.Type, org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect
Contract for a factory of IdentifierGenerator instances.
Author
Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public IdentifierGenerator

Returns:

The appropriate generator instance.
createIdentifierGenerator(String
The generation strategy.
strategy, Type
The mapping type for the identifier values.
type, Properties
Any configuraion properties given in the generator mapping.
config)

Given a strategy, retrieve the appropriate identifier generator instance.

public Class<T>

Returns:

The generator class.
getIdentifierGeneratorClass(String
The strategy
strategy)

Retrieve the class that will be used as the IdentifierGenerator for the given strategy.

public void
setDialect(Dialect
The dialect
dialect)

Deprecated The intention is that Dialect should be required to be specified up-front and it would then get ctor injected.
Allow injection of the dialect to use.

Method Detail

createIdentifierGeneratorback to summary
public IdentifierGenerator createIdentifierGenerator(String strategy, Type type, Properties config)

Given a strategy, retrieve the appropriate identifier generator instance.

Parameters
strategy:String

The generation strategy.

type:Type

The mapping type for the identifier values.

config:Properties

Any configuraion properties given in the generator mapping.

Returns:IdentifierGenerator

The appropriate generator instance.

getIdentifierGeneratorClassback to summary
public Class<T> getIdentifierGeneratorClass(String strategy)

Retrieve the class that will be used as the IdentifierGenerator for the given strategy.

Parameters
strategy:String

The strategy

Returns:Class<T>

The generator class.

setDialectback to summary
public void setDialect(Dialect dialect)

Deprecated

The intention is that Dialect should be required to be specified up-front and it would then get ctor injected.

Allow injection of the dialect to use.

Parameters
dialect:Dialect

The dialect