Interface TypeContributor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTransactSQLDialect, AzureSQLServerDialect, CockroachDB202SpatialDialect, CockroachDialect, DB2Dialect, DB2iDialect, DB2SpatialDialect, DB2zDialect, Dialect, GenericDialect, H2Dialect, HANADialect, HANASpatialDialect, HSQLDialect, MariaDBDialect, MySQL56InnoDBSpatialDialect, MySQL56SpatialDialect, MySQL5InnoDBSpatialDialect, MySQL5SpatialDialect, MySQLDialect, MySQLSpatialDialect, OracleDialect, OracleSpatial10gDialect, OracleSpatialSDO10gDialect, PostgisPG10Dialect, PostgisPG93Dialect, PostgisPG94Dialect, PostgisPG95Dialect, PostgresPlusDialect, PostgreSQLDialect, SpannerDialect, SpatialTypeContributor, SQLServerDialect, SqlServerSpatialDialect, SybaseASEDialect, SybaseDialect

@JavaServiceLoadable
public interface TypeContributor

An object that contributes custom types and type descriptors, eventually to a TypeConfiguration, via an instance of TypeContributions.

• The most common way to integrate a TypeContributor is by making it discoverable via the Java ServiceLoader facility.
• Alternatively, a TypeContributor may be programmatically supplied to Configuration.registerTypeContributor(TypeContributor) or even MetadataBuilder.applyTypes(TypeContributor).
• When bootstrapping Hibernate via JPA or Configuration, Finally, in the JPA boostrap process, TypeContributors may be listed via JpaSettings.TYPE_CONTRIBUTORS.

See Also:

• TypeConfiguration

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	contribute(TypeContributions typeContributions, ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry)	Contribute types

Method Details

contribute

void contribute(TypeContributions typeContributions,
 ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry)

Contribute types

Parameters:

typeContributions - The callback for adding contributed types

serviceRegistry - The service registry