org.acegisecurity.domain.dao
Class InitializationUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.acegisecurity.domain.dao.InitializationUtils

public class InitializationUtils
extends Object

Convenience methods that support initialization of lazily loaded collections and associations using DAOs and other objects that implement InitializationCapable.

Version:

$Id: InitializationUtils.java,v 1.3 2005/11/17 00:55:47 benalex Exp $

Author:

Ben Alex

Constructor Summary

InitializationUtils()

Method Summary

static void	initializeIfRequired(Object daoOrServices, Object entity) Initializes the passed entity using the passed DAO or services layer Object (provided that the passed Object implements InitializationCapable).
static boolean	isInitialized(Object daoOrServices, Object entity) Indicates whether the passed entity has been initialized, by delegating to the passed daoOrServices (provided that the passed daoOrServices implements InitializationCapable.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InitializationUtils

public InitializationUtils()

Method Detail

initializeIfRequired

public static void initializeIfRequired(Object daoOrServices,
                                        Object entity)

Initializes the passed entity using the passed DAO or services layer Object (provided that the passed Object implements InitializationCapable).

Parameters:

daoOrServices - the potential source for InitializationCapable services (never null)

entity - to evict (can be null)

isInitialized

public static boolean isInitialized(Object daoOrServices,
                                    Object entity)

Indicates whether the passed entity has been initialized, by delegating to the passed daoOrServices (provided that the passed daoOrServices implements InitializationCapable.

Parameters:

entity - to determine whether initialized or not

Returns:

true if initialized, false if it is uninitialized or the passed daoOrServices does not provide initialization querying support