org.hibernate.cache
Class CacheKey

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.cache.CacheKey

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class CacheKey
extends Object
implements Serializable

Allows multiple entity classes / collection roles to be stored in the same cache region. Also allows for composite keys which do not properly implement equals()/hashCode().

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

CacheKey(Serializable id, Type type, String entityOrRoleName, EntityMode entityMode, SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
Construct a new key for a collection or entity instance.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object other)
String	getEntityOrRoleName()
Serializable	getKey()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CacheKey

public CacheKey(Serializable id,
                Type type,
                String entityOrRoleName,
                EntityMode entityMode,
                SessionFactoryImplementor factory)

Construct a new key for a collection or entity instance. Note that an entity name should always be the root entity name, not a subclass entity name.

Parameters:

id - The identifier associated with the cached data

type - The Hibernate type mapping

entityOrRoleName - The entity or collection-role name.

entityMode - The entiyt mode of the originating session

factory - The session factory for which we are caching

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getKey

public Serializable getKey()

getEntityOrRoleName

public String getEntityOrRoleName()