public Object assemble(Serializable cached,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException
Reconstruct an object from the cacheable representation. At the very least this
method should perform a deep copy if the type is mutable. (optional operation)

 public Object deepCopy(Object value) throws HibernateException
Return a deep copy of the persistent state, stopping at entities and at
collections. It is not necessary to copy immutable objects, or null
values, in which case it is safe to simply return the argument.

 public Serializable disassemble(Object value) throws HibernateException
Transform the object into its cacheable representation. At the very least this
method should perform a deep copy if the type is mutable. That may not be enough
for some implementations, however; for example, associations must be cached as
identifier values. (optional operation)

 public boolean equals(Object x,
    Object y) throws HibernateException
Compare two instances of the class mapped by this type for persistence "equality".
Equality of the persistent state.

 public int hashCode(Object x) throws HibernateException
Get a hashcode for the instance, consistent with persistence "equality"

 public boolean isMutable()
Are objects of this type mutable?

 public Object nullSafeGet(ResultSet rs,
    String[] names,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException, SQLException
Retrieve an instance of the mapped class from a JDBC resultset. Implementors
should handle possibility of null values.

 public  void nullSafeSet(PreparedStatement st,
    Object value,
    int index) throws HibernateException, SQLException
Write an instance of the mapped class to a prepared statement. Implementors
should handle possibility of null values. A multi-column type should be written
to parameters starting from index.

 public Object replace(Object original,
    Object target,
    Object owner) throws HibernateException
During merge, replace the existing (target) value in the entity we are merging to
with a new (original) value from the detached entity we are merging. For immutable
objects, or null values, it is safe to simply return the first parameter. For
mutable objects, it is safe to return a copy of the first parameter. For objects
with component values, it might make sense to recursively replace component values.

 public Class returnedClass()
The class returned by nullSafeGet().

 public int[] sqlTypes()
Return the SQL type codes for the columns mapped by this type. The
codes are defined on java.sql.Types.