/*
* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
*
* License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
* See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
*/
package org.hibernate.tuple;
Author: Steve Ebersole
/**
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface InMemoryValueGenerationStrategy {
When is this value generated : NEVER, INSERT, ALWAYS (INSERT+UPDATE)
Returns: When the value is generated.
/**
* When is this value generated : NEVER, INSERT, ALWAYS (INSERT+UPDATE)
*
* @return When the value is generated.
*/
public GenerationTiming getGenerationTiming();
Obtain the in-VM value generator.
May return null
. In fact for values that are generated "in the database" via execution of the INSERT/UPDATE statement, the expectation is that null
be returned here Returns: The strategy for performing in-VM value generation
/**
* Obtain the in-VM value generator.
* <p/>
* May return {@code null}. In fact for values that are generated "in the database" via execution of the
* INSERT/UPDATE statement, the expectation is that {@code null} be returned here
*
* @return The strategy for performing in-VM value generation
*/
public ValueGenerator getValueGenerator();
}