org.springframework.orm.hibernate
Class LocalSessionFactoryBean

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.orm.hibernate.LocalSessionFactoryBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

DisposableBean, FactoryBean, InitializingBean

public class LocalSessionFactoryBean

extends Object

implements FactoryBean, InitializingBean, DisposableBean

FactoryBean that creates a local Hibernate SessionFactory instance. Behaves like a SessionFactory instance when used as bean reference, e.g. for HibernateTemplate's "sessionFactory" property. Note that switching to JndiObjectFactoryBean is just a matter of configuration!

The typical usage will be to register this as singleton factory (for a certain underlying JDBC DataSource) in an application context, and give bean references to application services that need it.

Configuration settings can either be read from a Hibernate XML file, specified as "configLocation", or completely via this class. A typical local configuration consists of one or more "mappingResources", various "hibernateProperties" (not strictly necessary), and a "dataSource" that the SessionFactory should use. The latter can also be specified via Hibernate properties, but "dataSource" supports any Spring-configured DataSource, instead of relying on Hibernate's own connection providers.

This SessionFactory handling strategy is appropriate for most types of applications, from Hibernate-only single database apps to ones that need distributed transactions. Either HibernateTransactionManager or JtaTransactionManager can be used for transaction demarcation, the latter only being necessary for transactions that span multiple databases.

Registering a SessionFactory with JNDI is only advisable when using Hibernate's JCA Connector, i.e. when the application server cares for initialization. Else, portability is rather limited: Manual JNDI binding isn't supported by some application servers (e.g. Tomcat). Unfortunately, JCA has drawbacks too: Its setup is container-specific and can be tedious.

Note that the JCA Connector's sole major strength is its seamless cooperation with EJB containers and JTA services. If you do not use EJB and initiate your JTA transactions via Spring's JtaTransactionManager, you can get all benefits including distributed transactions and proper transactional JVM-level caching with local SessionFactory setup too - without any configuration hassle like container-specific setup.

Note: Spring's Hibernate support requires Hibernate 2.1 (as of Spring 1.0).

Since:

05.05.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

HibernateAccessor.setSessionFactory(net.sf.hibernate.SessionFactory), HibernateTransactionManager.setSessionFactory(net.sf.hibernate.SessionFactory), JndiObjectFactoryBean

Field Summary

protected Log

logger

Constructor Summary

LocalSessionFactoryBean()

Method Summary

void	afterPropertiesSet() Initialize the SessionFactory for the given or the default location.
void	createDatabaseSchema() Execute schema creation script, determined by the Configuration object used for creating the SessionFactory.
void	destroy() Close the SessionFactory on bean factory shutdown.
void	dropDatabaseSchema() Execute schema drop script, determined by the Configuration object used for creating the SessionFactory.
protected void	executeSchemaScript(Connection con, String[] sql) Execute the given schema script on the given JDBC Connection.
static DataSource	getConfigTimeDataSource() Return the DataSource for the currently configured Hibernate SessionFactory, to be used by LocalDataSourceConnectionProvoder.
static LobHandler	getConfigTimeLobHandler() Return the LobHandler for the currently configured Hibernate SessionFactory, to be used by UserType implementations like ClobStringType.
static TransactionManager	getConfigTimeTransactionManager() Return the JTA TransactionManager for the currently configured Hibernate SessionFactory, to be used by LocalTransactionManagerLookup.
Configuration	getConfiguration() Return the Configuration object used to build the SessionFactory.
Object	getObject() Return the singleton SessionFactory.
Class	getObjectType() Return the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known in advance.
boolean	isSingleton() Is the bean managed by this factory a singleton or a prototype?
protected Configuration	newConfiguration() Subclasses can override this method to perform custom initialization of the Configuration instance used for SessionFactory creation.
protected SessionFactory	newSessionFactory(Configuration config) Subclasses can override this method to perform custom initialization of the SessionFactory instance, creating it via the given Configuration object that got prepared by this LocalSessionFactoryBean.
protected void	postProcessConfiguration(Configuration config) To be implemented by subclasses that want to to perform custom post-processing of the Configuration object after this FactoryBean performed its default initialization.
void	setConfigLocation(Resource configLocation) Set the location of the Hibernate XML config file, for example as classpath resource "classpath:hibernate.cfg.xml".
void	setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) Set the DataSource to be used by the SessionFactory.
void	setEntityInterceptor(Interceptor entityInterceptor) Set a Hibernate entity interceptor that allows to inspect and change property values before writing to and reading from the database.
void	setHibernateProperties(Properties hibernateProperties) Set Hibernate properties, like "hibernate.dialect".
void	setJtaTransactionManager(TransactionManager jtaTransactionManager) Set the JTA TransactionManager to be used for Hibernate's TransactionManagerLookup.
void	setLobHandler(LobHandler lobHandler) Set the LobHandler to be used by the SessionFactory.
void	setMappingDirectoryLocations(Resource[] mappingDirectoryLocations) Set locations of directories that contain Hibernate mapping resources, like "WEB-INF/mappings".
void	setMappingJarLocations(Resource[] mappingJarLocations) Set locations of jar files that contain Hibernate mapping resources, like "WEB-INF/lib/example.hbm.jar".
void	setMappingLocations(Resource[] mappingLocations) Set locations of Hibernate mapping files, for example as classpath resource "classpath:example.hbm.xml".
void	setMappingResources(String[] mappingResources) Set Hibernate mapping resources to be found in the class path, like "example.hbm.xml" or "mypackage/example.hbm.xml".
void	setNamingStrategy(NamingStrategy namingStrategy) Set a Hibernate NamingStrategy for the SessionFactory, determining the physical column and table names given the info in the mapping document.
void	setSchemaUpdate(boolean schemaUpdate) Set whether to execute a schema update after SessionFactory initialization.
void	setUseTransactionAwareDataSource(boolean useTransactionAwareDataSource) Set whether to use a transaction-aware DataSource for the SessionFactory, i.e. whether to automatically wrap the passed-in DataSource with Spring's TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy.
void	updateDatabaseSchema() Execute schema update script, determined by the Configuration object used for creating the SessionFactory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

logger

protected final Log logger

Constructor Detail

LocalSessionFactoryBean

public LocalSessionFactoryBean()

Method Detail

getConfigTimeDataSource

public static DataSource getConfigTimeDataSource()

Return the DataSource for the currently configured Hibernate SessionFactory, to be used by LocalDataSourceConnectionProvoder.

This instance will be set before initialization of the corresponding SessionFactory, and reset immediately afterwards. It is thus only available during configuration.

See Also:

setDataSource(javax.sql.DataSource), LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider

getConfigTimeTransactionManager

public static TransactionManager getConfigTimeTransactionManager()

Return the JTA TransactionManager for the currently configured Hibernate SessionFactory, to be used by LocalTransactionManagerLookup.

This instance will be set before initialization of the corresponding SessionFactory, and reset immediately afterwards. It is thus only available during configuration.

See Also:

setJtaTransactionManager(javax.transaction.TransactionManager), LocalTransactionManagerLookup

getConfigTimeLobHandler

public static LobHandler getConfigTimeLobHandler()

Return the LobHandler for the currently configured Hibernate SessionFactory, to be used by UserType implementations like ClobStringType.

This instance will be set before initialization of the corresponding SessionFactory, and reset immediately afterwards. It is thus only available during configuration.

See Also:

setLobHandler(org.springframework.jdbc.support.lob.LobHandler), ClobStringType, BlobByteArrayType, BlobSerializableType

setConfigLocation

public void setConfigLocation(Resource configLocation)

Set the location of the Hibernate XML config file, for example as classpath resource "classpath:hibernate.cfg.xml".

Note: Can be omitted when all necessary properties and mapping resources are specified locally via this bean.

See Also:

Configuration.configure(java.net.URL)

setMappingResources

public void setMappingResources(String[] mappingResources)

Set Hibernate mapping resources to be found in the class path, like "example.hbm.xml" or "mypackage/example.hbm.xml". Analogous to mapping entries in a Hibernate XML config file. Alternative to the more generic setMappingLocations method.

Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, or to specify all mappings locally.

See Also:

setMappingLocations(org.springframework.core.io.Resource[]), Configuration.addResource(java.lang.String, java.lang.ClassLoader)

setMappingLocations

public void setMappingLocations(Resource[] mappingLocations)

Set locations of Hibernate mapping files, for example as classpath resource "classpath:example.hbm.xml". Supports any resource location via Spring's resource abstraction, for example relative paths like "WEB-INF/mappings/example.hbm.xml" when running in an application context.

Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, or to specify all mappings locally.

See Also:

Configuration.addInputStream(java.io.InputStream)

setMappingJarLocations

public void setMappingJarLocations(Resource[] mappingJarLocations)

Set locations of jar files that contain Hibernate mapping resources, like "WEB-INF/lib/example.hbm.jar".

Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, or to specify all mappings locally.

See Also:

Configuration.addJar(java.io.File)

setMappingDirectoryLocations

public void setMappingDirectoryLocations(Resource[] mappingDirectoryLocations)

Set locations of directories that contain Hibernate mapping resources, like "WEB-INF/mappings".

Can be used to add to mappings from a Hibernate XML config file, or to specify all mappings locally.

See Also:

Configuration.addDirectory(java.io.File)

setHibernateProperties

public void setHibernateProperties(Properties hibernateProperties)

Set Hibernate properties, like "hibernate.dialect".

Can be used to override values in a Hibernate XML config file, or to specify all necessary properties locally.

Note: Do not specify a transaction provider here when using Spring-driven transactions. It is also advisable to omit connection provider settings and use a Spring-set DataSource instead.

See Also:

setDataSource(javax.sql.DataSource)

setDataSource

public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource)

Set the DataSource to be used by the SessionFactory. If set, this will override corresponding settings in Hibernate properties.

Note: If this is set, the Hibernate settings should not define a connection provider to avoid meaningless double configuration.

If using HibernateTransactionManager as transaction strategy, consider proxying your target DataSource with a LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy. This defers fetching of an actual JDBC Connection until the first JDBC Statement gets executed, even within JDBC transactions (as performed by HibernateTransactionManager). Such lazy fetching is particularly beneficial for read-only operations, in particular if the chances of resolving the result in the second-level cache are high.

As JTA and transactional JNDI DataSources already provide lazy enlisting of JDBC Connections, LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy does not add value with JTA (i.e. Spring's JtaTransactionManager) as transaction strategy.

See Also:

LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider, HibernateTransactionManager, JtaTransactionManager, LazyConnectionDataSourceProxy

setUseTransactionAwareDataSource

public void setUseTransactionAwareDataSource(boolean useTransactionAwareDataSource)

Set whether to use a transaction-aware DataSource for the SessionFactory, i.e. whether to automatically wrap the passed-in DataSource with Spring's TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy.

Default is false: LocalSessionFactoryBean is usually used with Spring's HibernateTransactionManager or JtaTransactionManager, which expect the SessionFactory to work on the plain DataSource, with Hibernate Sessions managed by Spring's transaction infrastructure.

If you switch this flag to true, Spring's Hibernate access will be able to participate in JDBC-based transactions managed outside of Hibernate (for example, by Spring's DataSourceTransactionManager). This can be convenient if you need a different local transaction strategy for another O/R mapping tool, for example, but still want Hibernate access to join into those transactions.

A further benefit of this option is that plain Sessions (opened directly via the SessionFactory, outside of Spring's Hibernate support) will still participate in active Spring-managed transactions.

As a further effect, using a transaction-aware DataSource will apply remaining transaction timeouts to all created JDBC Statements. This means that all operations performed by the SessionFactory will automatically participate in Spring-managed transaction timeouts.

Note that this option does not add any value for JtaTransactionManager, or for HibernateTransactionManager in combination with HibernateTemplate. Transaction participation and transaction timeouts are already fully handled by that infrastructure combination. Just use it to let Hibernate participate in any other local transaction strategy, like DataSourceTransactionManager.

WARNING: Do not use a transaction-aware DataSource in combination with OpenSessionInViewFilter or OpenSessionInViewInterceptor. These Open Session In View providers are only properly supported in combination with HibernateTransactionManager or JtaTransactionManager, as stated in their javadoc.

See Also:

setDataSource(javax.sql.DataSource), TransactionAwareDataSourceProxy, DataSourceTransactionManager, HibernateTransactionManager, HibernateTemplate, OpenSessionInViewFilter, OpenSessionInViewInterceptor, SessionFactory.openSession(java.sql.Connection)

setJtaTransactionManager

public void setJtaTransactionManager(TransactionManager jtaTransactionManager)

Set the JTA TransactionManager to be used for Hibernate's TransactionManagerLookup. If set, this will override corresponding settings in Hibernate properties. Allows to use a Spring-managed JTA TransactionManager for Hibernate's cache synchronization.

Note: If this is set, the Hibernate settings should not define a transaction manager lookup to avoid meaningless double configuration.

See Also:

LocalTransactionManagerLookup

setLobHandler

public void setLobHandler(LobHandler lobHandler)

Set the LobHandler to be used by the SessionFactory. Will be exposed at config time for UserType implementations.

See Also:

getConfigTimeLobHandler(), UserType, ClobStringType, BlobByteArrayType, BlobSerializableType

setEntityInterceptor

public void setEntityInterceptor(Interceptor entityInterceptor)

Set a Hibernate entity interceptor that allows to inspect and change property values before writing to and reading from the database. Will get applied to any new Session created by this factory.

Such an interceptor can either be set at the SessionFactory level, i.e. on LocalSessionFactoryBean, or at the Session level, i.e. on HibernateTemplate, HibernateInterceptor, and HibernateTransactionManager. It's preferable to set it on LocalSessionFactoryBean or HibernateTransactionManager to avoid repeated configuration and guarantee consistent behavior in transactions.

See Also:

HibernateAccessor.setEntityInterceptor(net.sf.hibernate.Interceptor), HibernateAccessor.setEntityInterceptor(net.sf.hibernate.Interceptor), HibernateTransactionManager.setEntityInterceptor(net.sf.hibernate.Interceptor), Configuration.setInterceptor(net.sf.hibernate.Interceptor)

setNamingStrategy

public void setNamingStrategy(NamingStrategy namingStrategy)

Set a Hibernate NamingStrategy for the SessionFactory, determining the physical column and table names given the info in the mapping document.

See Also:

Configuration.setNamingStrategy(net.sf.hibernate.cfg.NamingStrategy)

setSchemaUpdate

public void setSchemaUpdate(boolean schemaUpdate)

Set whether to execute a schema update after SessionFactory initialization.

For details on how to make schema update scripts work, see the Hibernate documentation, as this class leverages the same schema update script support in net.sf.hibernate.cfg.Configuration as Hibernate's own SchemaUpdate tool.

See Also:

Configuration.generateSchemaUpdateScript(net.sf.hibernate.dialect.Dialect, net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.DatabaseMetadata), SchemaUpdate

afterPropertiesSet

public void afterPropertiesSet()
                        throws IllegalArgumentException,
                               HibernateException,
                               IOException

Initialize the SessionFactory for the given or the default location.

Specified by:

afterPropertiesSet in interface InitializingBean

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - in case of illegal property values

HibernateException - in case of Hibernate initialization errors

IOException

newConfiguration

protected Configuration newConfiguration()
                                  throws HibernateException

Subclasses can override this method to perform custom initialization of the Configuration instance used for SessionFactory creation. The properties of this LocalSessionFactoryBean will be applied to the Configuration object that gets returned here.

The default implementation creates a new Configuration instance. A custom implementation could prepare the instance in a specific way, or use a custom Configuration subclass.

Returns:

the Configuration instance

Throws:

HibernateException - in case of Hibernate initialization errors

See Also:

Configuration.Configuration()

postProcessConfiguration

protected void postProcessConfiguration(Configuration config)
                                 throws HibernateException

To be implemented by subclasses that want to to perform custom post-processing of the Configuration object after this FactoryBean performed its default initialization.

Parameters:

config - the current Configuration object

Throws:

HibernateException - in case of Hibernate initialization errors

newSessionFactory

protected SessionFactory newSessionFactory(Configuration config)
                                    throws HibernateException

Subclasses can override this method to perform custom initialization of the SessionFactory instance, creating it via the given Configuration object that got prepared by this LocalSessionFactoryBean.

The default implementation invokes Configuration's buildSessionFactory. A custom implementation could prepare the instance in a specific way, or use a custom SessionFactoryImpl subclass.

Parameters:

config - Configuration prepared by this LocalSessionFactoryBean

Returns:

the SessionFactory instance

Throws:

HibernateException - in case of Hibernate initialization errors

See Also:

Configuration.buildSessionFactory()

dropDatabaseSchema

public void dropDatabaseSchema()
                        throws DataAccessException

Execute schema drop script, determined by the Configuration object used for creating the SessionFactory. A replacement for Hibernate's SchemaExport class, to be invoked on application setup.

Fetch the LocalSessionFactoryBean itself rather than the exposed SessionFactory to be able to invoke this method, e.g. via LocalSessionFactoryBean lsfb = (LocalSessionFactoryBean) ctx.getBean("&mySessionFactory");.

Uses the SessionFactory that this bean generates for accessing a JDBC connection to perform the script.

Throws:

DataAccessException - in case of script execution errors

See Also:

Configuration.generateDropSchemaScript(net.sf.hibernate.dialect.Dialect), SchemaExport.drop(boolean, boolean)

createDatabaseSchema

public void createDatabaseSchema()
                          throws DataAccessException

Execute schema creation script, determined by the Configuration object used for creating the SessionFactory. A replacement for Hibernate's SchemaExport class, to be invoked on application setup.

Fetch the LocalSessionFactoryBean itself rather than the exposed SessionFactory to be able to invoke this method, e.g. via LocalSessionFactoryBean lsfb = (LocalSessionFactoryBean) ctx.getBean("&mySessionFactory");.

Uses the SessionFactory that this bean generates for accessing a JDBC connection to perform the script.

Throws:

DataAccessException - in case of script execution errors

See Also:

Configuration.generateSchemaCreationScript(net.sf.hibernate.dialect.Dialect), SchemaExport.create(boolean, boolean)

updateDatabaseSchema

public void updateDatabaseSchema()
                          throws HibernateException

Execute schema update script, determined by the Configuration object used for creating the SessionFactory. A replacement for Hibernate's SchemaUpdate class, for automatically executing schema update scripts on application startup. Can also be invoked manually.

Fetch the LocalSessionFactoryBean itself rather than the exposed SessionFactory to be able to invoke this method, e.g. via LocalSessionFactoryBean lsfb = (LocalSessionFactoryBean) ctx.getBean("&mySessionFactory");.

Uses the SessionFactory that this bean generates for accessing a JDBC connection to perform the script.

Throws:

HibernateException - in case of Hibernate initialization errors

See Also:

setSchemaUpdate(boolean), Configuration.generateSchemaUpdateScript(net.sf.hibernate.dialect.Dialect, net.sf.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.DatabaseMetadata), SchemaUpdate

executeSchemaScript

protected void executeSchemaScript(Connection con,
                                   String[] sql)
                            throws SQLException

Execute the given schema script on the given JDBC Connection. Will log unsuccessful statements and continue to execute.

Parameters:

con - the JDBC Connection to execute the script on

sql - the SQL statements to execute

Throws:

SQLException - if thrown by JDBC methods

getConfiguration

public Configuration getConfiguration()

Return the Configuration object used to build the SessionFactory. Allows access to configuration metadata stored there (rarely needed).

getObject

public Object getObject()

Return the singleton SessionFactory.

Specified by:

getObject in interface FactoryBean

Returns:

an instance of the bean (should not be null; a null value will be considered as an indication of incomplete initialization)

See Also:

FactoryBeanNotInitializedException

getObjectType

public Class getObjectType()

Description copied from interface: FactoryBean

Return the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known in advance. This allows to check for specific types of beans without instantiating objects, for example on autowiring.

For a singleton, this should try to avoid singleton creation as far as possible; it should rather estimate the type in advance. For prototypes, returning a meaningful type here is advisable too.

This method can be called before this FactoryBean has been fully initialized. It must not rely on state created during initialization; of course, it can still use such state if available.

NOTE: Autowiring will simply ignore FactoryBeans that return null here. Therefore it is highly recommended to implement this method properly, using the current state of the FactoryBean.

Specified by:

getObjectType in interface FactoryBean

Returns:

the type of object that this FactoryBean creates, or null if not known at the time of the call

See Also:

ListableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(java.lang.Class)

isSingleton

public boolean isSingleton()

Description copied from interface: FactoryBean

Is the bean managed by this factory a singleton or a prototype? That is, will getObject() always return the same object?

The singleton status of the FactoryBean itself will generally be provided by the owning BeanFactory; usually, it has to be defined as singleton there.

Specified by:

isSingleton in interface FactoryBean

Returns:

if this bean is a singleton

destroy

public void destroy()
             throws HibernateException

Close the SessionFactory on bean factory shutdown.

Specified by:

destroy in interface DisposableBean

Throws:

HibernateException