HibernateDaoSupport

<init>

Convenient super class for Hibernate-based data access objects.

Requires a SessionFactory to be set, providing a org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTemplate based on it to subclasses through the #getHibernateTemplate() method. Can alternatively be initialized directly with a HibernateTemplate, in order to reuse the latter's settings such as the SessionFactory, exception translator, flush mode, etc.

This class will create its own HibernateTemplate instance if a SessionFactory is passed in. The "allowCreate" flag on that HibernateTemplate will be "true" by default. A custom HibernateTemplate instance can be used through overriding #createHibernateTemplate.

NOTE: Hibernate access code can also be coded in plain Hibernate style. Hence, for newly started projects, consider adopting the standard Hibernate style of coding data access objects instead, based on SessionFactory#getCurrentSession(). This HibernateTemplate primarily exists as a migration helper for Hibernate 3 based data access code, to benefit from bug fixes in Hibernate 5.x.

getHibernateTemplate

Return the HibernateTemplate for this DAO, pre-initialized with the SessionFactory or set explicitly.

Note: The returned HibernateTemplate is a shared instance. You may introspect its configuration, but not modify the configuration (other than from within an #initDao implementation). Consider creating a custom HibernateTemplate instance via new HibernateTemplate(getSessionFactory()), in which case you're allowed to customize the settings on the resulting instance.

getSessionFactory

Return the Hibernate SessionFactory used by this DAO.

setHibernateTemplate

Set the HibernateTemplate for this DAO explicitly, as an alternative to specifying a SessionFactory.

setSessionFactory

Set the Hibernate SessionFactory to be used by this DAO. Will automatically create a HibernateTemplate for the given SessionFactory.