org.hibernate
Interface SimpleNaturalIdLoadAccess

public interface SimpleNaturalIdLoadAccess

Loads an entity by its natural identifier

See Also:

NaturalId, NaturalIdLoadAccess

Method Summary

Object	getReference(Object naturalIdValue) Return the persistent instance with the given natural id value, assuming that the instance exists.
Object	load(Object naturalIdValue) Return the persistent instance with the given natural id value, or null if there is no such persistent instance.
SimpleNaturalIdLoadAccess	setSynchronizationEnabled(boolean enabled) For entities with mutable natural ids, should Hibernate perform "synchronization" prior to performing lookups? The default is to perform "synchronization" (for correctness).
SimpleNaturalIdLoadAccess	with(LockOptions lockOptions) Specify the LockOptions to use when retrieving the entity.

Method Detail

with

SimpleNaturalIdLoadAccess with(LockOptions lockOptions)

Specify the LockOptions to use when retrieving the entity.

Parameters:

lockOptions - The lock options to use.

Returns:

this, for method chaining

setSynchronizationEnabled

SimpleNaturalIdLoadAccess setSynchronizationEnabled(boolean enabled)

For entities with mutable natural ids, should Hibernate perform "synchronization" prior to performing lookups? The default is to perform "synchronization" (for correctness).

See NaturalIdLoadAccess.setSynchronizationEnabled(boolean) for detailed discussion.

Parameters:

enabled - Should synchronization be performed? true indicates synchronization will be performed; false indicates it will be circumvented.

Returns:

this, for method chaining

getReference

Object getReference(Object naturalIdValue)

Return the persistent instance with the given natural id value, assuming that the instance exists. This method might return a proxied instance that is initialized on-demand, when a non-identifier method is accessed. You should not use this method to determine if an instance exists; to check for existence, use load(java.lang.Object) instead. Use this only to retrieve an instance that you assume exists, where non-existence would be an actual error.

Parameters:

naturalIdValue - The value of the natural-id for the entity to retrieve

Returns:

the persistent instance or proxy

load

Object load(Object naturalIdValue)

Return the persistent instance with the given natural id value, or null if there is no such persistent instance. If the instance is already associated with the session, return that instance, initializing it if needed. This method never returns an uninitialized instance.

Parameters:

naturalIdValue - The value of the natural-id for the entity to retrieve

Returns:

The persistent instance or null