public Object assemble(Serializable cached,
    SessionImplementor session,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException 
{
		if ( cached==null ) {
			return null;
		}
		else {
			return deepCopy( cached, session.getEntityMode(), session.getFactory() );
		}
}

 public  void beforeAssemble(Serializable cached,
    SessionImplementor session) 
{

}

 public int compare(Object x,
    Object y,
    EntityMode entityMode) 
{
		return ( (Comparable) x ).compareTo(y);
}

 public Serializable disassemble(Object value,
    SessionImplementor session,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException 
{
		if (value==null) {
			return null;
		}
		else {
			return (Serializable) deepCopy( value, session.getEntityMode(), session.getFactory() );
		}
}

 public int getHashCode(Object x,
    EntityMode entityMode) 
{
		return x.hashCode();
}

 public int getHashCode(Object x,
    EntityMode entityMode,
    SessionFactoryImplementor factory) 
{
		return getHashCode(x, entityMode);
}

 public Type getSemiResolvedType(SessionFactoryImplementor factory) 
{
		return this;
}

 public Object hydrate(ResultSet rs,
    String[] names,
    SessionImplementor session,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException, SQLException 
{
		// TODO: this is very suboptimal for some subclasses (namely components),
		// since it does not take advantage of two-phase-load
		return nullSafeGet(rs, names, session, owner);
}

 public boolean isAnyType() 
{
		return false;
}

 public boolean isAssociationType() 
{
		return false;
}

 public boolean isCollectionType() 
{
		return false;
}

 public boolean isComponentType() 
{
		return false;
}

 public boolean isDirty(Object old,
    Object current,
    SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException 
{
		return !isSame( old, current, session.getEntityMode() );
}

 public boolean isEntityType() 
{
		return false;
}

 public boolean isEqual(Object x,
    Object y,
    EntityMode entityMode) 
{
		return EqualsHelper.equals(x, y);
}

 public boolean isEqual(Object x,
    Object y,
    EntityMode entityMode,
    SessionFactoryImplementor factory) 
{
		return isEqual(x, y, entityMode);
}

 public boolean isModified(Object old,
    Object current,
    boolean[] checkable,
    SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException 
{
		return isDirty(old, current, session);
}

 public boolean isSame(Object x,
    Object y,
    EntityMode entityMode) throws HibernateException 
{
		return isEqual(x, y, entityMode);
}

 public boolean isXMLElement() 
{
		return false;
}

 public Object replace(Object original,
    Object target,
    SessionImplementor session,
    Object owner,
    Map copyCache,
    ForeignKeyDirection foreignKeyDirection) throws HibernateException 
{
		boolean include;
		if ( isAssociationType() ) {
			AssociationType atype = (AssociationType) this;
			include = atype.getForeignKeyDirection()==foreignKeyDirection;
		}
		else {
			include = ForeignKeyDirection.FOREIGN_KEY_FROM_PARENT==foreignKeyDirection;
		}
		return include ? replace(original, target, session, owner, copyCache) : target;
}

 protected static  void replaceNode(Node container,
    Element value) 
{
		if ( container!=value ) { //not really necessary, I guess...
			Element parent = container.getParent();
			container.detach();
			value.setName( container.getName() );
			value.detach();
			parent.add(value);
		}
}

 public Object resolve(Object value,
    SessionImplementor session,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException 
{
		return value;
}

 public Object semiResolve(Object value,
    SessionImplementor session,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException 
{
		return value;
}