org.hibernate.mapping
Class Any

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.mapping.SimpleValue
      org.hibernate.mapping.Any

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, KeyValue, Value

public class Any
extends SimpleValue

A Hibernate "any" type (ie. polymorphic association to one-of-several tables).

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.hibernate.mapping.SimpleValue

DEFAULT_ID_GEN_STRATEGY

Constructor Summary

Any(Mappings mappings, Table table)

Method Summary

Object	accept(ValueVisitor visitor)
String	getIdentifierType()
String	getMetaType()
Map	getMetaValues()
Type	getType()
void	setIdentifierType(String identifierType)
void	setMetaType(String type)
void	setMetaValues(Map metaValues)
void	setTypeByReflection(String propertyClass, String propertyName)
void	setTypeUsingReflection(String className, String propertyName)

Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.mapping.SimpleValue

addColumn, addFormula, createForeignKey, createForeignKeyOfEntity, createIdentifierGenerator, getColumnInsertability, getColumnIterator, getColumnSpan, getColumnUpdateability, getConstraintColumns, getFetchMode, getForeignKeyName, getIdentifierGeneratorProperties, getIdentifierGeneratorStrategy, getMappings, getNullValue, getTable, getTypeName, getTypeParameters, hasFormula, isAlternateUniqueKey, isCascadeDeleteEnabled, isIdentityColumn, isNullable, isSimpleValue, isTypeSpecified, isUpdateable, isValid, setAlternateUniqueKey, setCascadeDeleteEnabled, setForeignKeyName, setIdentifierGeneratorProperties, setIdentifierGeneratorStrategy, setNullValue, setTable, setTypeName, setTypeParameters, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Any

public Any(Mappings mappings,
           Table table)

Method Detail

getIdentifierType

public String getIdentifierType()

setIdentifierType

public void setIdentifierType(String identifierType)

getType

public Type getType()
             throws MappingException

Specified by:

getType in interface Value

Overrides:

getType in class SimpleValue

Throws:

MappingException

setTypeByReflection

public void setTypeByReflection(String propertyClass,
                                String propertyName)

getMetaType

public String getMetaType()

setMetaType

public void setMetaType(String type)

getMetaValues

public Map getMetaValues()

setMetaValues

public void setMetaValues(Map metaValues)

setTypeUsingReflection

public void setTypeUsingReflection(String className,
                                   String propertyName)
                            throws MappingException

Specified by:

setTypeUsingReflection in interface Value

Overrides:

setTypeUsingReflection in class SimpleValue

Throws:

MappingException

accept

public Object accept(ValueVisitor visitor)

Specified by:

accept in interface Value

Overrides:

accept in class SimpleValue