org.hibernate.engine
Class EntityKey

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.engine.EntityKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public final class EntityKey
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Uniquely identifies of an entity instance in a particular session by identifier.

Uniqueing information consists of the entity-name and the identifier value.

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

EntityUniqueKey, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

EntityKey(java.io.Serializable id, EntityPersister persister, EntityMode entityMode)
Construct a unique identifier for an entity class instance

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)
java.lang.String	getEntityName()
java.io.Serializable	getIdentifier() Get the user-visible identifier
int	hashCode()
boolean	isBatchLoadable()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EntityKey

public EntityKey(java.io.Serializable id,
                 EntityPersister persister,
                 EntityMode entityMode)

Construct a unique identifier for an entity class instance

Method Detail

isBatchLoadable

public boolean isBatchLoadable()

getIdentifier

public java.io.Serializable getIdentifier()

Get the user-visible identifier

getEntityName

public java.lang.String getEntityName()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object