org.hibernate.tuple
Class Dom4jInstantiator

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.tuple.Dom4jInstantiator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Instantiator

public class Dom4jInstantiator
extends Object
implements Instantiator

Performs "instantiation" based on DOM4J elements.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Dom4jInstantiator(Component component)

Dom4jInstantiator(PersistentClass mappingInfo)

Method Summary

Object	instantiate() Perform the requested instantiation.
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 or component which this Instantiator instantiates.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Dom4jInstantiator

public Dom4jInstantiator(Component component)

Dom4jInstantiator

public Dom4jInstantiator(PersistentClass mappingInfo)

Method Detail

instantiate

public Object instantiate(Serializable id)

Description copied from interface: Instantiator

Perform the requested entity instantiation.

This form is never called for component instantiation, only entity instantiation.

Specified by:

instantiate in interface Instantiator

Parameters:

id - The id of the entity to be instantiated.

Returns:

An appropriately instantiated entity.

instantiate

public Object instantiate()

Description copied from interface: Instantiator

Perform the requested instantiation.

Specified by:

instantiate in interface Instantiator

Returns:

The instantiated data structure.

isInstance

public boolean isInstance(Object object)

Description copied from interface: Instantiator

Performs check to see if the given object is an instance of the entity or component which this Instantiator instantiates.

Specified by:

isInstance in interface Instantiator

Parameters:

object - The object to be checked.

Returns:

True is the object does respresent an instance of the underlying entity/component.