org.hibernate.mapping
Class Property

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.mapping.Property

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, MetaAttributable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Backref, IndexBackref, SyntheticProperty

public class Property
extends Object
implements Serializable, MetaAttributable

Represents a property as part of an entity or a component.

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Property()

Method Summary

String	getAccessorPropertyName(EntityMode mode)
String	getCascade()
CascadeStyle	getCascadeStyle()
Iterator	getColumnIterator()
int	getColumnSpan()
PropertyGeneration	getGeneration()
Getter	getGetter(Class clazz)
MetaAttribute	getMetaAttribute(String attributeName)
Map	getMetaAttributes()
String	getName()
String	getNodeName()
PersistentClass	getPersistentClass()
PropertyAccessor	getPropertyAccessor(Class clazz)
String	getPropertyAccessorName()
Setter	getSetter(Class clazz)
Type	getType()
Value	getValue()
boolean	isBackRef()
boolean	isBasicPropertyAccessor()
boolean	isComposite()
boolean	isInsertable()
boolean	isLazy()
boolean	isNaturalIdentifier()
boolean	isOptimisticLocked()
boolean	isOptional()
boolean	isPrimitive(Class clazz)
boolean	isSelectable()
boolean	isSynthetic() Does this property represent a synthetic property? A synthetic property is one we create during metamodel binding to represent a collection of columns but which does not represent a property physically available on the entity.
boolean	isUpdateable()
boolean	isValid(Mapping mapping)
void	setCascade(String cascade)
void	setGeneration(PropertyGeneration generation)
void	setInsertable(boolean insertable)
void	setLazy(boolean lazy)
void	setMetaAttributes(Map metas)
void	setName(String name)
void	setNaturalIdentifier(boolean naturalIdentifier)
void	setNodeName(String nodeName)
void	setOptimisticLocked(boolean optimisticLocked)
void	setOptional(boolean optional)
void	setPersistentClass(PersistentClass persistentClass)
void	setPropertyAccessorName(String string)
void	setSelectable(boolean selectable)
void	setUpdateable(boolean mutable)
void	setValue(Value value)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Property

public Property()

Method Detail

isBackRef

public boolean isBackRef()

isSynthetic

public boolean isSynthetic()

Does this property represent a synthetic property? A synthetic property is one we create during metamodel binding to represent a collection of columns but which does not represent a property physically available on the entity.

Returns:

True if synthetic; false otherwise.

getType

public Type getType()
             throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

getColumnSpan

public int getColumnSpan()

getColumnIterator

public Iterator getColumnIterator()

getName

public String getName()

isComposite

public boolean isComposite()

getValue

public Value getValue()

isPrimitive

public boolean isPrimitive(Class clazz)

getCascadeStyle

public CascadeStyle getCascadeStyle()
                             throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

getCascade

public String getCascade()

setCascade

public void setCascade(String cascade)

setName

public void setName(String name)

setValue

public void setValue(Value value)

isUpdateable

public boolean isUpdateable()

isInsertable

public boolean isInsertable()

getGeneration

public PropertyGeneration getGeneration()

setGeneration

public void setGeneration(PropertyGeneration generation)

setUpdateable

public void setUpdateable(boolean mutable)

setInsertable

public void setInsertable(boolean insertable)

getPropertyAccessorName

public String getPropertyAccessorName()

setPropertyAccessorName

public void setPropertyAccessorName(String string)

isBasicPropertyAccessor

public boolean isBasicPropertyAccessor()

getMetaAttributes

public Map getMetaAttributes()

Specified by:

getMetaAttributes in interface MetaAttributable

getMetaAttribute

public MetaAttribute getMetaAttribute(String attributeName)

Specified by:

getMetaAttribute in interface MetaAttributable

setMetaAttributes

public void setMetaAttributes(Map metas)

Specified by:

setMetaAttributes in interface MetaAttributable

isValid

public boolean isValid(Mapping mapping)
                throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

setLazy

public void setLazy(boolean lazy)

isLazy

public boolean isLazy()

isOptimisticLocked

public boolean isOptimisticLocked()

setOptimisticLocked

public void setOptimisticLocked(boolean optimisticLocked)

isOptional

public boolean isOptional()

setOptional

public void setOptional(boolean optional)

getPersistentClass

public PersistentClass getPersistentClass()

setPersistentClass

public void setPersistentClass(PersistentClass persistentClass)

isSelectable

public boolean isSelectable()

setSelectable

public void setSelectable(boolean selectable)

getNodeName

public String getNodeName()

setNodeName

public void setNodeName(String nodeName)

getAccessorPropertyName

public String getAccessorPropertyName(EntityMode mode)

getGetter

public Getter getGetter(Class clazz)
                 throws PropertyNotFoundException,
                        MappingException

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException

MappingException

getSetter

public Setter getSetter(Class clazz)
                 throws PropertyNotFoundException,
                        MappingException

Throws:

PropertyNotFoundException

MappingException

getPropertyAccessor

public PropertyAccessor getPropertyAccessor(Class clazz)
                                     throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

isNaturalIdentifier

public boolean isNaturalIdentifier()

setNaturalIdentifier

public void setNaturalIdentifier(boolean naturalIdentifier)