Explain Which of the following methods returns proxy object?

Question

Which of the following methods returns proxy object? (a) loadDatabase() (b) getDatabase() (c) load() (d) get() I got this question in an internship interview. I'd like to ask this question from Hibernate in section Autoboxing & Miscellaneous of Java Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

Right choice is (c) load() Easiest explanation: load() method returns proxy object. load() method should be used if it is sure that instance exists.