//$Id: UserCollectionType.java 10086 2006-07-05 18:17:27Z [email protected] $
package org.hibernate.usertype;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.collection.PersistentCollection;
import org.hibernate.engine.SessionImplementor;
import org.hibernate.persister.collection.CollectionPersister;
/**
* A custom type for mapping user-written classes that implement <tt>PersistentCollection</tt>
*
* @see org.hibernate.collection.PersistentCollection
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface UserCollectionType {
/**
* Instantiate an uninitialized instance of the collection wrapper
*/
public PersistentCollection instantiate(SessionImplementor session, CollectionPersister persister)
throws HibernateException;
/**
* Wrap an instance of a collection
*/
public PersistentCollection wrap(SessionImplementor session, Object collection);
/**
* Return an iterator over the elements of this collection - the passed collection
* instance may or may not be a wrapper
*/
public Iterator getElementsIterator(Object collection);
/**
* Optional operation. Does the collection contain the entity instance?
*/
public boolean contains(Object collection, Object entity);
/**
* Optional operation. Return the index of the entity in the collection.
*/
public Object indexOf(Object collection, Object entity);
/**
* Replace the elements of a collection with the elements of another collection
*/
public Object replaceElements(
Object original,
Object target,
CollectionPersister persister,
Object owner,
Map copyCache,
SessionImplementor session)
throws HibernateException;
/**
* Instantiate an empty instance of the "underlying" collection (not a wrapper),
* but with the given anticipated size (i.e. accounting for initial size
* and perhaps load factor).
*
* @param anticipatedSize The anticipated size of the instaniated collection
* after we are done populating it. Note, may be negative to indicate that
* we not yet know anything about the anticipated size (i.e., when initializing
* from a result set row by row).
*/
public Object instantiate(int anticipatedSize);
}
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