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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.orm.hibernate3;
+
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.hibernate.JDBCException;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLExceptionTranslator;
+
+/**
+ * {@link PersistenceExceptionTranslator} capable of translating {@link HibernateException}
+ * instances to Spring's {@link DataAccessException} hierarchy.
+ *
+ * <p>When configuring the Spring container via XML, note that this translator is
+ * automatically used internally by {@link SessionFactoryBean} types. When configuring
+ * the container with {@code @Configuration} classes, a {@code @Bean} of this type
+ * must be registered manually.
+ *
+ * @author Chris Beams
+ * @since 3.1
+ * @see SessionFactoryBuilder
+ * @see org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor
+ * @see SessionFactoryUtils#convertHibernateAccessException(HibernateException)
+ * @see SQLExceptionTranslator
+ */
+public class HibernateExceptionTranslator implements PersistenceExceptionTranslator {
+
+	private SQLExceptionTranslator jdbcExceptionTranslator;
+
+	public DataAccessException translateExceptionIfPossible(RuntimeException ex) {
+		if (ex instanceof HibernateException) {
+			return convertHibernateAccessException((HibernateException) ex);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Convert the given HibernateException to an appropriate exception from the
+	 * {@code org.springframework.dao} hierarchy.
+	 * <p>Will automatically apply a specified SQLExceptionTranslator to a
+	 * Hibernate JDBCException, else rely on Hibernate's default translation.
+	 * @param ex HibernateException that occured
+	 * @return a corresponding DataAccessException
+	 * @see SessionFactoryUtils#convertHibernateAccessException
+	 * @see #setJdbcExceptionTranslator
+	 */
+	protected DataAccessException convertHibernateAccessException(HibernateException ex) {
+		if (this.jdbcExceptionTranslator != null && ex instanceof JDBCException) {
+			JDBCException jdbcEx = (JDBCException) ex;
+			return this.jdbcExceptionTranslator.translate(
+					"Hibernate operation: " + jdbcEx.getMessage(), jdbcEx.getSQL(), jdbcEx.getSQLException());
+		}
+		return SessionFactoryUtils.convertHibernateAccessException(ex);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the JDBC exception translator for the SessionFactory,
+	 * exposed via the PersistenceExceptionTranslator interface.
+	 * <p>Applied to any SQLException root cause of a Hibernate JDBCException,
+	 * overriding Hibernate's default SQLException translation (which is
+	 * based on Hibernate's Dialect for a specific target database).
+	 * @param jdbcExceptionTranslator the exception translator
+	 * @see java.sql.SQLException
+	 * @see org.hibernate.JDBCException
+	 * @see org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLErrorCodeSQLExceptionTranslator
+	 * @see org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLStateSQLExceptionTranslator
+	 * @see org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator
+	 */
+	public void setJdbcExceptionTranslator(SQLExceptionTranslator jdbcExceptionTranslator) {
+		this.jdbcExceptionTranslator = jdbcExceptionTranslator;
+	}
+
+}