IdentifierGeneratorFactory (hibernate-core JavaDocs)

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableIdentifierGeneratorFactory
```
public interface IdentifierGeneratorFactory
```
Contract for a factory of IdentifierGenerator instances.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IdentifierGenerator`	`createIdentifierGenerator(String strategy, Type type, Properties config)`	Given a strategy, retrieve the appropriate identifier generator instance.
`Dialect`	`getDialect()`	Get the dialect.
`Class`	`getIdentifierGeneratorClass(String strategy)`	Retrieve the class that will be used as the `IdentifierGenerator` for the given strategy.
`void`	`setDialect(Dialect dialect)`	Deprecated. The intention is that Dialect should be required to be specified up-front and it would then get ctor injected.

- Method Detail
  - getDialect
```
Dialect getDialect()
```
    Get the dialect.
    
    Returns:
    
    the dialect
  - setDialect
```
@Deprecated
void setDialect(Dialect dialect)
```
    Deprecated.
    The intention is that Dialect should be required to be specified up-front and it would then get ctor injected.
    
    Allow injection of the dialect to use.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dialect - The dialect
  - createIdentifierGenerator
```
IdentifierGenerator createIdentifierGenerator(String strategy,
                                              Type type,
                                              Properties config)
```
    Given a strategy, retrieve the appropriate identifier generator instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    strategy - The generation strategy.
    
    type - The mapping type for the identifier values.
    
    config - Any configuraion properties given in the generator mapping.
    
    Returns:
    
    The appropriate generator instance.
  - getIdentifierGeneratorClass
```
Class getIdentifierGeneratorClass(String strategy)
```
    Retrieve the class that will be used as the IdentifierGenerator for the given strategy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    strategy - The strategy
    
    Returns:
    
    The generator class.