org.hibernate
Interface SharedSessionContract

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

EventSource, Session, StatelessSession

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDelegateSessionImplementor, AbstractSessionImpl, SessionDelegatorBaseImpl, SessionImpl, StatelessSessionImpl, ToOneDelegateSessionImplementor

public interface SharedSessionContract
extends Serializable

Contract methods shared between Session and StatelessSession

Method Summary

Transaction	beginTransaction() Begin a unit of work and return the associated Transaction object.
Criteria	createCriteria(Class persistentClass) Create Criteria instance for the given class (entity or subclasses/implementors)
Criteria	createCriteria(Class persistentClass, String alias) Create Criteria instance for the given class (entity or subclasses/implementors), using a specific alias.
Criteria	createCriteria(String entityName) Create Criteria instance for the given entity name.
Criteria	createCriteria(String entityName, String alias) Create Criteria instance for the given entity name, using a specific alias.
Query	createQuery(String queryString) Create a Query instance for the given HQL query string.
SQLQuery	createSQLQuery(String queryString) Create a SQLQuery instance for the given SQL query string.
Query	getNamedQuery(String queryName) Create a Query instance for the named query string defined in the metadata.
String	getTenantIdentifier() Obtain the tenant identifier associated with this session.
Transaction	getTransaction() Get the Transaction instance associated with this session.

Method Detail

getTenantIdentifier

String getTenantIdentifier()

Obtain the tenant identifier associated with this session.

Returns:

The tenant identifier associated with this session, or null

beginTransaction

Transaction beginTransaction()

Begin a unit of work and return the associated Transaction object. If a new underlying transaction is required, begin the transaction. Otherwise continue the new work in the context of the existing underlying transaction.

Returns:

a Transaction instance

See Also:

getTransaction()

getTransaction

Transaction getTransaction()

Get the Transaction instance associated with this session. The concrete type of the returned Transaction object is determined by the hibernate.transaction_factory property.

Returns:

a Transaction instance

getNamedQuery

Query getNamedQuery(String queryName)

Create a Query instance for the named query string defined in the metadata.

Parameters:

queryName - the name of a query defined externally

Returns:

The query instance for manipulation and execution

createQuery

Query createQuery(String queryString)

Create a Query instance for the given HQL query string.

Parameters:

queryString - The HQL query

Returns:

The query instance for manipulation and execution

createSQLQuery

SQLQuery createSQLQuery(String queryString)

Create a SQLQuery instance for the given SQL query string.

Parameters:

queryString - The SQL query

Returns:

The query instance for manipulation and execution

createCriteria

Criteria createCriteria(Class persistentClass)

Create Criteria instance for the given class (entity or subclasses/implementors)

Parameters:

persistentClass - The class, which is an entity, or has entity subclasses/implementors

Returns:

The criteria instance for manipulation and execution

createCriteria

Criteria createCriteria(Class persistentClass,
                        String alias)

Create Criteria instance for the given class (entity or subclasses/implementors), using a specific alias.

Parameters:

persistentClass - The class, which is an entity, or has entity subclasses/implementors

alias - The alias to use

Returns:

The criteria instance for manipulation and execution

createCriteria

Criteria createCriteria(String entityName)

Create Criteria instance for the given entity name.

Parameters:

entityName - The entity name

Returns:

The criteria instance for manipulation and execution

createCriteria

Criteria createCriteria(String entityName,
                        String alias)

Create Criteria instance for the given entity name, using a specific alias.

Parameters:

entityName - The entity name

alias - The alias to use

Returns:

The criteria instance for manipulation and execution