The former is a correct assumption. Lazy loading basically means partial loading of an object.
-PP > -----Original Message----- > From: Tatjana Manych [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 7:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [castor-dev] i do not understand lazy loading > > > Hi, I guess I did not really understand castors lazy loading. > Hope someone can help me... > > I found this on http://castor.exolab.org/castor-one.html#Lazy-Loading: > "The elements in the collection are only loaded when the application > asks for the object from the collection, using, for example, > iterator.next()." > > Did I get the following right? > For example: > I have a person and this person has a collection of its addresses. > > For the case that I use lazy-loading for this address-collection in > person: > I load a person from the database and castor does NOT load the > address-objects into the collection? > But as soon as I reference one address (by using an iterator), castor > gets this object (with all its attributes) from the database? > Or do I have to care for the loading of the addresses into the > collection myself? > > Thanks for help... > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: > unsubscribe castor-dev > > ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe castor-dev
