I've tried searching for this in the forums but struggled a bit to come up with the right key terms, so apologies if this has been asked previously.

I want to call an "init()" method on my objects after they've been loaded by Hibernate. Does any know if this is at all possible? Can someone point me in the right direction with this?

Thanks

Mark C

add init() method to the defaut constructor method.

calling init in the constructor will then execute before the properties are actually set on the object.

you need to look into the Interceptor.onLoad or maybe add an eventlistener to get full control.

Thanks for the comments guys.

I was checking the JavaDoc for Interceptor.onLoad



What I really need is for an Object to be populated by Hibernate and then my hooking into it. From the JavaDoc, the onLoad seems to hook in before Hibernate populates the object? Is this a correct reading?

I guess the question is, is there a plugin point in hibernate *after* the properties have been loaded? (I'm using version 2, if that makes a difference)

hibernate2 ? implement LifeCycle

H2 doesn't really have much extensionpoints compared to h3