CollectionInitializer (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Superinterfaces:

FetchParentAccess, Initializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionInitializer, AbstractImmediateCollectionInitializer, ArrayInitializer, BagInitializer, DelayedCollectionInitializer, ListInitializer, MapInitializer, SelectEagerCollectionInitializer, SetInitializer
```
public interface CollectionInitializer
extends FetchParentAccess
```
Initializer implementation for initializing collections (plural attributes)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default CollectionInitializer`	`asCollectionInitializer()`	A utility method to avoid casting explicitly to CollectionInitializer
`@Nullable PersistentCollection<?>`	`getCollectionInstance()`
`default Object`	`getInitializedInstance()`
`PluralAttributeMapping`	`getInitializedPart()`
`default CollectionPersister`	`getInitializingCollectionDescriptor()`
`default boolean`	`isCollectionInitializer()`
`@Nullable CollectionKey`	`resolveCollectionKey(RowProcessingState rowProcessingState)`

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.FetchParentAccess
findFirstEntityDescriptorAccess, findFirstEntityInitializer, getFetchParentAccess, getNavigablePath, getOwnedModelPartDeclaringType, getOwningParent, getParentKey, registerResolutionListener, shouldSkipInitializer

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.Initializer
asEmbeddableInitializer, asEntityInitializer, endLoading, finishUpRow, initializeInstance, initializeInstanceFromParent, isEmbeddableInitializer, isEntityInitializer, isPartOfKey, isResultInitializer, markShallowCached, resolveInstance, resolveKey, startLoading

- Method Detail
  - getInitializedPart
```
PluralAttributeMapping getInitializedPart()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getInitializedPart in interface Initializer
  - getInitializingCollectionDescriptor
```
default CollectionPersister getInitializingCollectionDescriptor()
```
  - getCollectionInstance
```
@Nullable PersistentCollection<?> getCollectionInstance()
```
  - getInitializedInstance
```
default Object getInitializedInstance()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getInitializedInstance in interface Initializer
  - isCollectionInitializer
```
default boolean isCollectionInitializer()
```
    Specified by:
    
    isCollectionInitializer in interface Initializer
  - resolveCollectionKey
```
@Nullable CollectionKey resolveCollectionKey(RowProcessingState rowProcessingState)
```
  - asCollectionInitializer
```
default CollectionInitializer asCollectionInitializer()
```
    Description copied from interface: Initializer
    
    A utility method to avoid casting explicitly to CollectionInitializer
    
    Specified by:
    
    asCollectionInitializer in interface Initializer
    
    Returns:
    
    CollectionInitializer if this is an instance of CollectionInitializer otherwise null