com.yahoo.elide.core

Class Path

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.elide.core.Path

public class Path
extends Object

Represents a path in the entity relationship graph.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Path.PathElement The path taken through data model associations to reference a given field.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Path(Class<?> entityClass, EntityDictionary dictionary, String dotSeparatedPath)
Path(List<Path.PathElement> pathElements)
Path(Path copy)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAlias() Returns an alias that uniquely identifies the last collection of entities in the path.
String	getFieldPath()
static String	getTypeAlias(Class<?> type) Convert a class name into a hibernate friendly name.
Optional<Path.PathElement>	lastElement()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Path

public Path(Path copy)

Path

public Path(List<Path.PathElement> pathElements)

Path

public Path(Class<?> entityClass,
            EntityDictionary dictionary,
            String dotSeparatedPath)

Method Detail

lastElement

public Optional<Path.PathElement> lastElement()

getFieldPath

public String getFieldPath()

getAlias

public String getAlias()

Returns an alias that uniquely identifies the last collection of entities in the path.

Returns:

An alias for the path.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getTypeAlias

public static String getTypeAlias(Class<?> type)

Convert a class name into a hibernate friendly name.

Parameters:

type - The type to alias

Returns:

type name alias that will likely not conflict with other types or with reserved keywords.