[Hibernate-devel] Feature for Lazy Initialization using Proxies

[Gavin_King/Cirrus%<CI...@ci...>]

Damn, I meant to send a mail to the list. Instead I sent it to Jon only.
I hope he doesnt mind me reposting his response with my mail quoted
at the bottom.....

Gavin

Jon wrote:

>Don't worry, I wouldn't check anything like this straight in...  I just
>wanted to see what the thoughts of everyone else was on this "feature".
>
>I'll go ahead an implement this for collections too and then submit it as
a
>patch for everyone to take a look at.
>
>I see your point about this being available for _disconnected_ versus
>_closed_ sessions, and I'll be happy to make my code make this distinction
>between the two cases.
>
>Jon...

----- Original Message -----
From: <Gavin_King/Cirrus%CI...@ci...>
To: "Jon Lipsky" <jon...@xe...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Hibernate-devel] Feature for Lazy Initialization using
Proxies


>
> A few thoughts on this, off the top of my head...
>
> 1. If its done for proxies, it should also be done for collections.
> 2. I'm happy for this to occur with a _disconnected_ Session, but I
> dunno about with a _closed_ Session.
> 3. There is a broader question of using lazy initialization with
> session disconnection/reconnection in that we can't do a version
> number check when we initialize. I think it's sort of okay, as long
> as the user aware of what (s)he is doing.....
> 4. Its a feature that should definately be disabled by default.
>
> Jon, please don't commit any code like this str8 into CVS. Would you
> please use the patch manager on the Sourceforge page, so we can all
> have a look over it before you commit it.....
>
> Thanks for all the help.
>
> Gavin
>
> >I modified the LazyInitializer so that instead of throwing an exception
> >because the session is closed, it will open a new connection and
reconnect
> >the session if the session, do the find, and the close the session
> again...  >This way I only have to load the objects I really need at
> runtime, and I >don't need to worry about managing the session.
>
> >If anyone has any comments on this kind of functionality, then I would
> >definately like to hear them.
>