[Hibernate] Session.replicate() into IDENTITY table ?

[Darryl M. <dar...@ne...>]

A while ago I highlighted a problem with the differences between the 
documented API and what Hibernate actually does and I'm seeking to an 
open discussion about the merits and problems to renaming the current 
#replicate() function to #replicateOrSave() to better identify what it 
actually does.

This is so that a hole can be left open to implement a real #replicate() 
function which makes contact guarantees that the primary key / OID will 
be identical even in IDENTITY tables in the replicated object or 
otherwise it throws an exception.  There should also be a feature 
enquiry function to allow the API programmer to ask the underlying 
Hibernate implementation to verify if a replication on identity table 
will work.  This would account for JDBC driver vendors and versions and 
the realtime SQL database server vendor and version.

http://www.mail-archive.com/hib...@li.../msg05230.html
http://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?t=949574&highlight=
http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/v3/api/org/hibernate/Session.html#replicate(java.lang.Object,%20org.hibernate.ReplicationMode)

RFC

Darryl