org.hibernate.persister.entity
Interface PropertyMapping

All Known Subinterfaces:
Queryable, QueryableCollection, SQLLoadableCollection
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractCollectionPersister, AbstractEntityPersister, AbstractPropertyMapping, BasicCollectionPersister, BasicEntityPropertyMapping, CollectionPropertyMapping, CompositeElementPropertyMapping, ElementPropertyMapping, JoinedSubclassEntityPersister, OneToManyPersister, SingleTableEntityPersister, UnionSubclassEntityPersister

public interface PropertyMapping

Abstraction of all mappings that define properties: entities, collection elements.


Method Summary
 Type getType()
          Get the type of the thing containing the properties
 String[] toColumns(String propertyName)
          Given a property path, return the corresponding column name(s).
 String[] toColumns(String alias, String propertyName)
          Given a query alias and a property path, return the qualified column name
 Type toType(String propertyName)
          Given a component path expression, get the type of the property
 

Method Detail

toType

Type toType(String propertyName)
            throws QueryException
Given a component path expression, get the type of the property

Throws:
QueryException

toColumns

String[] toColumns(String alias,
                   String propertyName)
                   throws QueryException
Given a query alias and a property path, return the qualified column name

Throws:
QueryException

toColumns

String[] toColumns(String propertyName)
                   throws QueryException,
                          UnsupportedOperationException
Given a property path, return the corresponding column name(s).

Throws:
QueryException
UnsupportedOperationException

getType

Type getType()
Get the type of the thing containing the properties



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