Sorry for the vague topic but that was all I could fit into the subject line.

I have a class. The class was nice and safe as it didn't define default
constructors, however I want the class to be hibernate compatable.

Will initializing the variables inside the method body cause problems
for hibernate or does it work a layer above this ?

What would be best practice to ensure the variables are allways
initialized ?

Thanks

Brian

import java.math.BigDecimal;
import java.util.Currency;

/**
* @author brian
*/
public class PaymentAmount {

private Currency currency;

private BigDecimal amount;

public PaymentAmount(BigDecimal amount, Currency currency) {
this.amount = amount;
this.currency = currency;
}

public PaymentAmount() {
super();
}

public PaymentAmount(BigDecimal amount) {
this(amount, Currency.getInstance("EUR"));
}

public BigDecimal getAmount() {
if(this.amount == null) {
this.amount = new BigDecimal("0");
}
return this.amount;
}

public Currency getCurrency() {
if(this.currency == null) {
//TODO Is initialising the variables this way compatable with the way that hibernate works ?
this.currency = Currency.getInstance("EUR");
}
return this.currency;
}

}

You can make the default constructor package protected; Hibernate will use this when proxy-ing your class.
But you still can ensure that fields are initialized using your custom constructor, being the only one with public visibility...

so


Hope this helps,
Francesco

that answers my question, thanks