Instantiator (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DynamicMapInstantiator, PojoInstantiator
```
@Deprecated(since="6.0")
public interface Instantiator
extends Serializable
```
Deprecated.
This contract is no longer used by Hibernate. Implement/use Instantiator instead. See ManagedTypeRepresentationStrategy

Contract for implementors responsible for instantiating entity/component instances.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`instantiate()`	Deprecated. Perform the requested instantiation.
`Object`	`instantiate(Object id)`	Deprecated. Perform the requested entity instantiation.
`boolean`	`isInstance(Object object)`	Deprecated. Performs check to see if the given object is an instance of the entity or component which this Instantiator instantiates.

- Method Detail
  - instantiate
```
Object instantiate(Object id)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Perform the requested entity instantiation.
    This form is never called for component instantiation, only entity instantiation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - The id of the entity to be instantiated.
    
    Returns:
    
    An appropriately instantiated entity.
  - instantiate
```
Object instantiate()
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Perform the requested instantiation.
    
    Returns:
    
    The instantiated data structure.
  - isInstance
```
boolean isInstance(Object object)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Performs check to see if the given object is an instance of the entity or component which this Instantiator instantiates.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - The object to be checked.
    
    Returns:
    
    True is the object does represent an instance of the underlying entity/component.