Database initialization

[juanignaciosl]

I'd like to use Java constants (public static final) to be able to make comparisions like myProcess.getState.equals(ProcessState.CLOSED), but I'd also like them to be in the database. In my example, I'd have a ProcessState table which would have every possible state.

Does Spring + Hibernate support that database initialization somehow?

[karldmoore]

I don't see how it can be in Java as a static and at the same time dynamic in the database.

[juanignaciosl]

Those are values needed at the database just read-only, they won't change.

[karldmoore]

I appreciate what you are saying. You could model the values as normal immutable entities, but they aren't static they've come from the database.