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package org.hibernate.type;
import java.util.Map;

import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;

Superclass of nullable immutable types.
Author:
Gavin King
Deprecated:
Use the AbstractStandardBasicType approach instead/**
 * Superclass of nullable immutable types.
 * @author Gavin King
 *
 * @deprecated Use the {@link AbstractStandardBasicType} approach instead
 */
public abstract class ImmutableType extends NullableType {

	public final Object deepCopy(Object value, SessionFactoryImplementor factory) {
		return value;
	}

	public final boolean isMutable() {
		return false;
	}

	public Object replace(
		Object original,
		Object target,
		SessionImplementor session,
		Object owner, 
		Map copyCache)
	throws HibernateException {
		return original;
	}


}