Package com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel

Interface MapAttribute<X,K,V>

Type Parameters:

X - The type of the declaring entity view

K - The type of the key of the represented Map

V - The type of the value of the represented Map

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<X,K>, PluralAttribute<X,java.util.Map<K,V>,V>

public interface MapAttribute<X,K,V>
extends PluralAttribute<X,java.util.Map<K,V>,V>

Instances of the type MapAttribute represent persistent Map-valued attributes.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Christian Beikov

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel.Attribute

Attribute.AttributeType, Attribute.MappingType, Attribute.MemberType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel.PluralAttribute

PluralAttribute.CollectionType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.util.Map<ManagedViewType<? extends K>,java.lang.String>	getKeyInheritanceSubtypeMappings()	Returns the inheritance subtypes that should be considered for the keys of this map attribute.
Type<K>	getKeyType()	Returns the java type of the key.
boolean	isKeySubview()	Returns true if the key of this map attribute is a subview, otherwise false.

Methods inherited from interface com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel.Attribute

getAttributeType, getBatchSize, getConvertedJavaType, getDeclaringType, getFetches, getFetchStrategy, getJavaType, getMappingType, getMemberType, isCollection, isCorrelated, isSubquery, isSubview

Methods inherited from interface com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel.PluralAttribute

getCollectionType, getComparator, getComparatorClass, getElementInheritanceSubtypeMappings, getElementType, isForcedUnique, isIndexed, isOrdered, isSorted

Method Detail

getKeyType

Type<K> getKeyType()

Returns the java type of the key.

Returns:

The java type of the key

getKeyInheritanceSubtypeMappings

java.util.Map<ManagedViewType<? extends K>,java.lang.String> getKeyInheritanceSubtypeMappings()

Returns the inheritance subtypes that should be considered for the keys of this map attribute. When the key type of the map attribute is not a subview, this returns an empty set.

Returns:

The inheritance subtypes or an empty set

Since:

1.2.0

isKeySubview

boolean isKeySubview()

Returns true if the key of this map attribute is a subview, otherwise false.

Returns:

True if the key of this map attribute is a subview, otherwise false

Since:

1.2.0