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org.hibernate.classic
public interface: Lifecycle [javadoc | source] Provides callbacks from the Session to the persistent object. Persistent classes may implement this interface but they are not required to.

onSave: called just before the object is saved
onUpdate: called just before an object is updated, ie. when Session.update() is called
onDelete: called just before an object is deleted
onLoad: called just after an object is loaded

onLoad() may be used to initialize transient properties of the object from its persistent state. It may not be used to load dependent objects since the Session interface may not be invoked from inside this method.

A further intended usage of onLoad(), onSave() and onUpdate() is to store a reference to the Session for later use.

If onSave(), onUpdate() or onDelete() return VETO, the operation is silently vetoed. If a CallbackException is thrown, the operation is vetoed and the exception is passed back to the application.

Note that onSave() is called after an identifier is assigned to the object, except when identity column key generation is used.
Field Summary
public static final  boolean VETO    Return value to veto the action (true) 
public static final  boolean NO_VETO    Return value to accept the action (false) 
Method from org.hibernate.classic.Lifecycle Summary:
onDelete,   onLoad,   onSave,   onUpdate
Method from org.hibernate.classic.Lifecycle Detail:
 public boolean onDelete(Session s) throws CallbackException
    Called when an entity is deleted.
 public  void onLoad(Session s,
    Serializable id)
    Called after an entity is loaded. It is illegal to access the Session from inside this method. However, the object may keep a reference to the session for later use.
 public boolean onSave(Session s) throws CallbackException
    Called when an entity is saved.
 public boolean onUpdate(Session s) throws CallbackException
    Called when an entity is passed to Session.update(). This method is not called every time the object's state is persisted during a flush.