org.hibernate.metamodel.relational
Interface ValueContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

TableSpecification

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTableSpecification, InLineView, Table, Tuple

public interface ValueContainer

Contract for data containers (what the ANSI SQL spec calls "table specifications") to which we can map entity state. The two flavors here are physical table and inline view, but a Tuple is a conceptual value container as well.

Method Summary

String	getLoggableValueQualifier() Get a qualifier which can be used to qualify values belonging to this container in their logging.
Iterable<SimpleValue>	values() Obtain an iterator over this containers current set of value definitions.

Method Detail

values

Iterable<SimpleValue> values()

Obtain an iterator over this containers current set of value definitions.

Returns:

Iterator over value definitions.

getLoggableValueQualifier

String getLoggableValueQualifier()

Get a qualifier which can be used to qualify values belonging to this container in their logging.

Returns:

The qualifier