org.hibernate.tuple
Interface Instantiator

All Superinterfaces:
Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
Dom4jInstantiator, DynamicMapInstantiator, PojoInstantiator

public interface Instantiator
extends Serializable

Contract for implementors responsible for instantiating entity instances.

Author:
Steve Ebersole

Method Summary
 Object instantiate()
          Perform the requested instantiation (sans any id).
 Object instantiate(Serializable id)
          Perform the requested entity instantiation.
 boolean isInstance(Object object)
          Performs check to see if the given object is an instance of the entity which this Instantiator instantiates.
 

Method Detail

instantiate

public Object instantiate(Serializable id)
Perform the requested entity instantiation.

Parameters:
id - The id of the entity to be instantiated.
Returns:
An appropriately instantiated entity.

instantiate

public Object instantiate()
Perform the requested instantiation (sans any id).

Returns:
The instantiated data structure.

isInstance

public boolean isInstance(Object object)
Performs check to see if the given object is an instance of the entity which this Instantiator instantiates.

Parameters:
object - The object to be checked.
Returns:
True is the object does respresent an instance of the underlying entity.