org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.factories
Class SessionFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.factories.SessionFactory

public class SessionFactory
extends java.lang.Object

Helper class to simplify the development and generation of code that accesses TopLink through the SessionManager (sessions config XML). Responsibilities:

• Lookup of a session by name using default or provided sessions config location
• Support lookup of active UnitOfWork and Session in JTA environments
• Hot/Re-deployment handling of applications
• Detachment helpers to simplify usage within a local session bean

Basic usage example: SessionFactory = sessionFactory = new SessionFactory("session-name"); ... public List read(Vector args) { Session session = sessionFactory.acquireSession(); List results = (List) session.executeQuery("query-name", MyClass.class, args); session.release(); return results; } public void write(MyClass detachedInstance) { UnitOfWork uow = sessionFactory.acquireUnitOfWork(); MyClass workingCopy = (MyClass) uow.readObject(detachedInstance); if (workingCopy == null) { throw new MyException("Cannot write changes. Object does not exist"); } uow.deepMergeClone(detachedInstance); uow.commit(); } Detachment: The detach helper methods are provided to assist with the construction of applications. This helper class was designed for use within session beans (SB) and in the case of local SBs the objects returned are not serialized. Since EclipseLink's default behavior is to return the shared instance from the cache and rely on developers to only modify instances within a UnitOfWork this may be an issue. The client to the local session bean may try to modify the instance and thus corrupt the cache. By detaching the object the client to the session bean gets its own isolated copy that it can freely modify. This provides the same functionality as with a remote session bean and allows the developer the choice in how/when objects are detached. Note: The above code example shows how a detached instance can have changes made to it persisted through use of the UnitOfWork merge API.

Version:

10.1.3

Author:

Doug Clarke & John Braken

Since:

Dec 10, 2006

Constructor Summary

SessionFactory(java.lang.String sessionName)

SessionFactory(java.lang.String sessionsXMLPath, java.lang.String sessionName)
Constructor for creating a new EclipseLinkSessionHelper instance.

Method Summary

Session	acquireSession() Returns the Session active for this specified helper.
UnitOfWork	acquireUnitOfWork() Looks up the active UnitOfWork using either the global JTA TX or acquires a new one from the active session.
UnitOfWork	acquireUnitOfWork(Session session) Looks up the active UnitOfWork using either the global JTA TX or acquires a new one from the active session.
java.util.Collection	detach(java.util.Collection entities)
java.lang.Object	detach(java.lang.Object entity) Build a detached copy using a one-off UnitOfWork.
protected java.lang.ClassLoader	getClassLoader() The class-loader returned form this call will be used when loading the EclipseLink configuration.
java.lang.String	getSessionName()
java.lang.String	getSessionXMLPath()
DatabaseSession	getSharedSession() Helper method that looks up the singleton session and ensure that if the application has been hot-deployed it gets a fresh version of the server.
DatabaseSession	getSharedSession(boolean login, boolean refresh) Used in place of getSharedSession() when the calling application needs access to the session prior to login or it wishes to force the session configuration to be re-loaded an applied.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SessionFactory

public SessionFactory(java.lang.String sessionsXMLPath,
                      java.lang.String sessionName)

Constructor for creating a new EclipseLinkSessionHelper instance.

Parameters:

sessionsXMLPath - - resource path of the sessions configuration xml.

sessionName - - name of the session to use.

SessionFactory

public SessionFactory(java.lang.String sessionName)

Method Detail

getSessionName

public java.lang.String getSessionName()

getSessionXMLPath

public java.lang.String getSessionXMLPath()

getClassLoader

protected java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()

The class-loader returned form this call will be used when loading the EclipseLink configuration. By default this is the current thread's loader. If this is not the case users can subclass this session factory and override this method to provide a different loader.

getSharedSession

public DatabaseSession getSharedSession()

Helper method that looks up the singleton session and ensure that if the application has been hot-deployed it gets a fresh version of the server.

getSharedSession

public DatabaseSession getSharedSession(boolean login,
                                        boolean refresh)

Used in place of getSharedSession() when the calling application needs access to the session prior to login or it wishes to force the session configuration to be re-loaded an applied. This also makes use of the current class-loader return from getClassLoader() and a SessionManager class-loader check to see if the application was loaded by another class-loader and is should this be refreshed as the application has been hot deployed.

acquireSession

public Session acquireSession()

Returns the Session active for this specified helper. If the EclipseLink session does not have an external transaction controller or there is not an active JTA transaction then a newly acquire client session is returned on each call. This method also properly handles acquire a client session from a broker as well as returning the shared session in the case it is a database session.

acquireUnitOfWork

public UnitOfWork acquireUnitOfWork()

Looks up the active UnitOfWork using either the global JTA TX or acquires a new one from the active session.

acquireUnitOfWork

public UnitOfWork acquireUnitOfWork(Session session)

Looks up the active UnitOfWork using either the global JTA TX or acquires a new one from the active session. THis method should be used if a session has already been acquired.

detach

public java.lang.Object detach(java.lang.Object entity)

Build a detached copy using a one-off UnitOfWork. This simulates creation of a copy through serialization when using a remote session bean if this copy process is not done the user of this helper would return the shared copy from the cache that should not be modified. These detachment methods *MUST* be used for local session beans where the returned objects can be modified by the client.

Parameters:

entity - an existing persistent entity

Returns:

a copy of the entity for use in a local client that may make changes to it

detach

public java.util.Collection detach(java.util.Collection entities)