/*
* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
*
* License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
* See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
*/
package org.hibernate.persister.entity;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
/**
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface UniqueKeyLoadable extends Loadable {
/**
* Load an instance of the persistent class, by a unique key other
* than the primary key.
*/
Object loadByUniqueKey(String propertyName, Object uniqueKey, SharedSessionContractImplementor session);
/**
* Get the property number of the unique key property
*/
int getPropertyIndex(String propertyName);
}