org.springframework.orm.hibernate
Class HibernateInterceptor

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateAccessor
      org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateInterceptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Advice, Interceptor, MethodInterceptor, BeanFactoryAware, InitializingBean

public class HibernateInterceptor
extends HibernateAccessor
implements MethodInterceptor

This interceptor binds a new Hibernate Session to the thread before a method call, closing and removing it afterwards in case of any method outcome. If there already is a pre-bound Session (e.g. from HibernateTransactionManager, or from a surrounding Hibernate-intercepted method), the interceptor simply participates in it.

Application code must retrieve a Hibernate Session via the SessionFactoryUtils.getSession method, to be able to detect a thread-bound Session. It is preferable to use getSession with allowCreate=false, if the code relies on the interceptor to provide proper Session handling. Typically, the code will look as follows:

 public void doHibernateAction() {
   Session session = SessionFactoryUtils.getSession(this.sessionFactory, false);
   try {
     ...
   }
   catch (HibernateException ex) {
     throw SessionFactoryUtils.convertHibernateAccessException(ex);
   }
 }

Note that the application must care about handling HibernateExceptions itself, preferably via delegating to the SessionFactoryUtils.convertHibernateAccessException method that converts them to exceptions that are compatible with the org.springframework.dao exception hierarchy (like HibernateTemplate does).

Unfortunately, this interceptor cannot convert checked HibernateExceptions to unchecked dao ones automatically. The intercepted method would have to throw HibernateException to be able to achieve this - thus the caller would still have to catch or rethrow it, even if it will never be thrown if intercepted.

This class can be considered a declarative alternative to HibernateTemplate's callback approach. The advantages are:

• no anonymous classes necessary for callback implementations;
• the possibility to throw any application exceptions from within data access code.

The drawbacks are:

• the dependency on interceptor configuration;
• the delegating try/catch blocks.

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

Since:

13.06.2003

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

SessionFactoryUtils.getSession(net.sf.hibernate.SessionFactory, boolean), HibernateTransactionManager, HibernateTemplate

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateAccessor

FLUSH_AUTO, FLUSH_COMMIT, FLUSH_EAGER, FLUSH_NEVER, logger

Constructor Summary

HibernateInterceptor()

Method Summary

protected Session	getSession() Return a Session for use by this interceptor.
Object	invoke(MethodInvocation methodInvocation)

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateAccessor

afterPropertiesSet, applyFlushMode, convertHibernateAccessException, convertJdbcAccessException, convertJdbcAccessException, flushIfNecessary, getEntityInterceptor, getFlushMode, getJdbcExceptionTranslator, getSessionFactory, setBeanFactory, setEntityInterceptor, setEntityInterceptorBeanName, setFlushMode, setFlushModeName, setJdbcExceptionTranslator, setSessionFactory

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HibernateInterceptor

public HibernateInterceptor()

Method Detail

invoke

public Object invoke(MethodInvocation methodInvocation)
              throws Throwable

Specified by:

invoke in interface MethodInterceptor

Throws:

Throwable

getSession

protected Session getSession()

Return a Session for use by this interceptor.

See Also:

SessionFactoryUtils.getSession(net.sf.hibernate.SessionFactory, boolean)