[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-3172) There should be a way to add a Serializable object that represents the user that is using the current session

There should be a way to add a Serializable object that represents the user that is using the current session ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-3172 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3172 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Bug Components: core Environment: N/A Reporter: Will Hoover There should be a way to add a Serializable object that represents the user that is using the current session. The only way to do this now is: Interceptor interceptor = new MyInterceptor(); Session session = factory.openSession(interceptor); interceptor.setSession(session); interceptor.setUserId(user.getId()); Should be: Serializable user = ... Session session = factory.openSession(user); An alternative and more flexible solution would be to allow the session to be customized. Currently the org.hibernate.Configuration instantiates the factory implementation (if this is done- not sure why it is interfaced to begin with). This is repeated in session factory implementation as well: public SessionFactory buildSessionFactory() throws HibernateException { ... // why not overload the build method and allow impl to be passed if desired? return new SessionFactoryImpl( this, mapping, settings, getInitializedEventListeners() ); } private SessionImpl openSession( Connection connection, boolean autoClose, long timestamp, Interceptor sessionLocalInterceptor ) { // why not overload the open session method and allow impl to be passed if desired? return new SessionImpl( connection, this, autoClose, timestamp, sessionLocalInterceptor == null ? interceptor : sessionLocalInterceptor, settings.getDefaultEntityMode(), settings.isFlushBeforeCompletionEnabled(), settings.isAutoCloseSessionEnabled(), settings.getConnectionReleaseMode() ); }