EntityInitializer (hibernate-core JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

FetchParentAccess, Initializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntityInitializer
```
public interface EntityInitializer
extends FetchParentAccess
```
Initializer implementation for initializing entity references.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default FetchParentAccess`	`findFirstEntityDescriptorAccess()`	Find the first entity access up the fetch parent graph
`EntityPersister`	`getConcreteDescriptor()`
`EntityPersister`	`getEntityDescriptor()`	Get the descriptor for the type of entity being initialized
`Object`	`getEntityInstance()`	Get the entity instance for the currently processing "row".
`EntityKey`	`getEntityKey()`
`default Object`	`getInitializedInstance()`

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.FetchParentAccess
getNavigablePath, getParentKey, registerResolutionListener

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.sql.results.graph.Initializer
endLoading, finishUpRow, getInitializedPart, initializeInstance, resolveInstance, resolveKey

- Method Detail
  - getEntityDescriptor
```
EntityPersister getEntityDescriptor()
```
    Get the descriptor for the type of entity being initialized
  - getConcreteDescriptor
```
EntityPersister getConcreteDescriptor()
```
  - findFirstEntityDescriptorAccess
```
default FetchParentAccess findFirstEntityDescriptorAccess()
```
    Description copied from interface: FetchParentAccess
    
    Find the first entity access up the fetch parent graph
    
    Specified by:
    
    findFirstEntityDescriptorAccess in interface FetchParentAccess
  - getEntityInstance
```
Object getEntityInstance()
```
    Get the entity instance for the currently processing "row".
    
    "API Note:"
    
    Calling this method is only valid from the time Initializer.resolveKey(org.hibernate.sql.results.jdbc.spi.RowProcessingState) has been called until Initializer.finishUpRow(org.hibernate.sql.results.jdbc.spi.RowProcessingState) has been called for the currently processing row
  - getInitializedInstance
```
default Object getInitializedInstance()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getInitializedInstance in interface Initializer
  - getEntityKey
```
EntityKey getEntityKey()
```