{"record":{"id":"d581fa968481dc04","repo":"pagehelper-org/Mybatis-PageHelper","slug":"when-using-pagehelper-the-dialect-must-be-an-impl","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"When using PageHelper, the dialect must be an implementation class that implements the ${AbstractHelperDialect} interface!","messagePattern":"When using PageHelper, the dialect must be an implementation class that implements the (.+?) interface!","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"PageException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/main/java/com/github/pagehelper/page/PageAutoDialect.java","lineNumber":205,"sourceCode":"    }\n\n    /**\n     * 初始化 helper\n     *\n     * @param dialectClass\n     * @param properties\n     */\n    public static AbstractHelperDialect instanceDialect(String dialectClass, Properties properties) {\n        AbstractHelperDialect dialect;\n        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(dialectClass)) {\n            throw new PageException(\"When you use the PageHelper pagination plugin, you must set the helper property\");\n        }\n        try {\n            Class sqlDialectClass = resloveDialectClass(dialectClass);\n            if (AbstractHelperDialect.class.isAssignableFrom(sqlDialectClass)) {\n                dialect = (AbstractHelperDialect) sqlDialectClass.newInstance();\n            } else {\n                throw new PageException(\"When using PageHelper, the dialect must be an implementation class that implements the \" + AbstractHelperDialect.class.getCanonicalName() + \" interface!\");\n            }\n        } catch (Exception e) {\n            throw new PageException(\"error initializing helper dialectclass[\" + dialectClass + \"]\" + e.getMessage(), e);\n        }\n        dialect.setProperties(properties);\n        return dialect;\n    }\n\n    /**\n     * 多数据动态获取时，每次需要初始化，还可以运行时指定具体的实现\n     *\n     * @param ms\n     * @param dialectClass 分页实现，必须是 {@link AbstractHelperDialect} 实现类，可以使用当前类中注册的别名，例如 \"mysql\", \"oracle\"\n     */\n    public void initDelegateDialect(MappedStatement ms, String dialectClass) {\n        if (StringUtil.isNotEmpty(dialectClass)) {\n            AbstractHelperDialect dialect = urlDialectMap.get(dialectClass);\n            if (dialect == null) {","sourceCodeStart":187,"sourceCodeEnd":223,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/pagehelper-org/Mybatis-PageHelper/blob/c692616c5bc95b41aa779b502f991825c8e5acbc/src/main/java/com/github/pagehelper/page/PageAutoDialect.java#L187-L223","documentation":"instanceDialect resolves the configured dialect string to a Class and requires it to extend AbstractHelperDialect. 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