how to use IdentifierGenerator ?Example can't understand!

Yashnoo · **Joined:** Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:24 am **Posts:** 188

Hi everyone:

In a application,I want to use myself identifier ID.So I want to implements the IdentifierGenerator.But I can't understand the example code:

Code:

public class SessionBeanHiLoGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {

    public Serializable generate(SessionImplementor session, Object object)
        throws HibernateException {
        
        try {
            return HiLoGeneratorUtil.getHome().create().next();
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            throw new IDGenerationException( "Could not generate id: " + e.getMessage() );
        }
    }

}

what it returned is Serializable? what I expected is that the id generator class will return a String. How to implement my id generator and return String as id?

Please show me a example Thks in advanced!

Yashnoo · **Joined:** Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:24 am **Posts:** 188

I had seen many example that implements Configurable interface.Must I implements the Configurable if I want to identify my id generator?

Yashnoo · **Joined:** Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:24 am **Posts:** 188

Any idea? How to implements the identifierGenerator?