org.hibernate.loader.entity
Interface UniqueEntityLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntityLoader, BatchingEntityLoader, CascadeEntityLoader, EntityLoader, NamedQueryLoader

public interface UniqueEntityLoader

Loads entities for a EntityPersister

Author:

Gavin King, Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Object	load(Serializable id, Object optionalObject, SessionImplementor session) Deprecated. use load(java.io.Serializable, Object, SessionImplementor, LockOptions) instead.
Object	load(Serializable id, Object optionalObject, SessionImplementor session, LockOptions lockOptions) Load an entity instance by id.

Method Detail

load

Object load(Serializable id,
            Object optionalObject,
            SessionImplementor session)
            throws HibernateException

Deprecated. use load(java.io.Serializable, Object, SessionImplementor, LockOptions) instead.

Load an entity instance. If optionalObject is supplied, load the entity state into the given (uninitialized) object.

Throws:

HibernateException

load

Object load(Serializable id,
            Object optionalObject,
            SessionImplementor session,
            LockOptions lockOptions)

Load an entity instance by id. If optionalObject is supplied (non-null, the entity state is loaded into that object instance instead of instantiating a new one.

Parameters:

id - The id to be loaded

optionalObject - The (optional) entity instance in to which to load the state

session - The session from which the request originated

lockOptions - The lock options.

Returns:

The loaded entity

Throws:

HibernateException - indicates problem performing the load.