org.hibernate.dialect.resolver
Interface DialectResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDialectResolver, BasicDialectResolver, DialectResolverSet, StandardDialectResolver

public interface DialectResolver

Contract for determining the Dialect to use based on a JDBC Connection.

Author:

Tomoto Shimizu Washio, Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Dialect

resolveDialect(java.sql.DatabaseMetaData metaData) Determine the Dialect to use based on the given JDBC DatabaseMetaData.

Method Detail

resolveDialect

Dialect resolveDialect(java.sql.DatabaseMetaData metaData)
                       throws JDBCConnectionException

Determine the Dialect to use based on the given JDBC DatabaseMetaData. Implementations are expected to return the Dialect instance to use, or null if the DatabaseMetaData does not match the criteria handled by this impl.

Parameters:

metaData - The JDBC metadata.

Returns:

The dialect to use, or null.

Throws:

JDBCConnectionException - Indicates a 'non transient connection problem', which indicates that we should stop resolution attempts.