org.hibernate.id
Class ForeignGenerator

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.id.ForeignGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Configurable, IdentifierGenerator

public class ForeignGenerator
extends Object
implements IdentifierGenerator, Configurable

foreign

An Identifier generator that uses the value of the id property of an associated object

One mapping parameter is required: property.

Author:

Gavin King

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.hibernate.id.IdentifierGenerator

ENTITY_NAME

Constructor Summary

ForeignGenerator()

Method Summary

void	configure(Type type, Properties params, Dialect d) Configure this instance, given the value of parameters specified by the user as <param> elements.
Serializable	generate(SessionImplementor sessionImplementor, Object object) Generate a new identifier.
String	getEntityName() Getter for property 'entityName'.
String	getPropertyName() Getter for property 'propertyName'.
String	getRole() Getter for property 'role'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ForeignGenerator

public ForeignGenerator()

Method Detail

getEntityName

public String getEntityName()

Getter for property 'entityName'.

Returns:

Value for property 'entityName'.

getPropertyName

public String getPropertyName()

Getter for property 'propertyName'.

Returns:

Value for property 'propertyName'.

getRole

public String getRole()

Getter for property 'role'. Role is the property name qualified by the entity name.

Returns:

Value for property 'role'.

configure

public void configure(Type type,
                      Properties params,
                      Dialect d)

Configure this instance, given the value of parameters specified by the user as <param> elements. This method is called just once, following instantiation.

Specified by:

configure in interface Configurable

params - param values, keyed by parameter name

generate

public Serializable generate(SessionImplementor sessionImplementor,
                             Object object)

Generate a new identifier.

Specified by:

generate in interface IdentifierGenerator

object - the entity or toplevel collection for which the id is being generated

Returns:

a new identifier