org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi

Interface AttributeSource

All Superinterfaces:

ToolingHintContextContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

IndexedPluralAttributeSource, PluralAttributeSource, PluralAttributeSourceArray, SingularAttributeSource, SingularAttributeSourceAny, SingularAttributeSourceBasic, SingularAttributeSourceEmbedded, SingularAttributeSourceManyToOne, SingularAttributeSourceOneToOne, SingularAttributeSourceToOne, VersionAttributeSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPluralAttributeSourceImpl, AbstractSingularAttributeSourceEmbeddedImpl, AbstractToOneAttributeSourceImpl, CompositeIdentifierSingularAttributeSourceBasicImpl, CompositeIdentifierSingularAttributeSourceManyToOneImpl, PluralAttributeSourceArrayImpl, PluralAttributeSourceBagImpl, PluralAttributeSourceIdBagImpl, PluralAttributeSourceListImpl, PluralAttributeSourceMapImpl, PluralAttributeSourcePrimitiveArrayImpl, PluralAttributeSourceSetImpl, SingularAttributeSourceAnyImpl

public interface AttributeSource
extends ToolingHintContextContainer

Contract for sources of persistent attribute descriptions.

These values are used to build Property instances.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AttributePath	getAttributePath()
AttributeRole	getAttributeRole()
String	getName() Obtain the attribute name.
String	getPropertyAccessorName() Obtain the name of the property accessor style used to access this attribute.
XmlElementMetadata	getSourceType()
HibernateTypeSource	getTypeInformation() Obtain information about the Hibernate type (Type) for this attribute.
String	getXmlNodeName() Ugh.
boolean	isIncludedInOptimisticLocking() If the containing entity is using optimistic locking, should this attribute participate in that locking?
boolean	isSingular() Attributes are (coarsely speaking) either singular or plural.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.ToolingHintContextContainer

getToolingHintContext

Method Detail

getSourceType

XmlElementMetadata getSourceType()

getName

String getName()

Obtain the attribute name.

Returns:

The attribute name. null is NOT allowed!

isSingular

boolean isSingular()

Attributes are (coarsely speaking) either singular or plural.

Returns:

true indicates the attribute is singular (and therefore castable to SingularAttributeSource); false indicates it is plural (and therefore castable to PluralAttributeSource).

getXmlNodeName

String getXmlNodeName()

Ugh. This is the deprecated DOM4J entity-mode feature

Returns:

The xml node name

getAttributePath

AttributePath getAttributePath()

getAttributeRole

AttributeRole getAttributeRole()

getTypeInformation

HibernateTypeSource getTypeInformation()

Obtain information about the Hibernate type (Type) for this attribute.

Returns:

The Hibernate type information

getPropertyAccessorName

String getPropertyAccessorName()

Obtain the name of the property accessor style used to access this attribute.

Returns:

The property accessor style for this attribute.

See Also:

PropertyAccessStrategy

isIncludedInOptimisticLocking

boolean isIncludedInOptimisticLocking()

If the containing entity is using optimistic locking, should this attribute participate in that locking? Meaning, should changes in the value of this attribute at runtime indicate that the entity is now dirty in terms of optimistic locking?

Returns:

true indicates it should be included; false, it should not.