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Brian Kent
Brian Kent

Reputation: 3854

Can I have Hibernate create an object through factory method?

Is there a way to map a factory method in Hibernate (as opposed to having Hibernate call a default constructor and reflectively set properties or fields)?

And if it can't be mapped, does Hibernate provide a hook for custom object creation on a class by class basis?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 14

Views: 6624

Answers (5)

cdarwin
cdarwin

Reputation: 4291

I don't know if I exactly understood what you're asking for, but I think that a solution is described here (see solution 4 - Hibernate interceptor, method onLoad): "Domain Driven Design with Spring and Hibernate" http://www.jblewitt.com/blog/?p=129

Upvotes: 0

Pascal Thivent
Pascal Thivent

Reputation: 570385

This is doable using either:

I think the Interceptor approach is easier. Here is the javadoc of the Interceptor.instantiate():

/**
 * Instantiate the entity class. Return <tt>null</tt> to indicate that Hibernate should use
 * the default constructor of the class. The identifier property of the returned instance
 * should be initialized with the given identifier.
 *
 * @param entityName the name of the entity
 * @param entityMode The type of entity instance to be returned.
 * @param id the identifier of the new instance
 * @return an instance of the class, or <tt>null</tt> to choose default behaviour
 */
public Object instantiate(String entityName, EntityMode entityMode, Serializable id) throws CallbackException;

Upvotes: 10

danieljimenez
danieljimenez

Reputation: 1430

And if it can't be mapped, does Hibernate provide a hook for custom object creation on a class by class basis?

Check out entity listeners. These add just the annotations that will help you out. Think @PrePersist or @PostLoad.

Upvotes: 2

Vladimir Dyuzhev
Vladimir Dyuzhev

Reputation: 18336

Take a look at UserType. You'd need to call your factory in nullSafeGet() and populate all the fields yourself though. Reverse work is done in nullSafeSet().

Upvotes: 3

Bert F
Bert F

Reputation: 87543

See Hibernate and Spring transactions - using private constructors/static factory methods, but not a solution for avoiding the "reflectively set properties or fields" part.

Upvotes: 0

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