Package org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic

Interface DynamicType

All Known Implementing Classes:

DynamicTypeImpl

public interface DynamicType

An EntityType provides a metadata facade into the EclipseLink object-relational metadata (descriptors & mappings) with specific knowledge of the entity types being dynamic.

Since:

EclipseLink 1.2

Author:

dclarke, mnorman

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static String	DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTY	Property name used to store the EntityTypeImpl on each descriptor in its ClassDescriptor.properties.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	containsProperty(String propertyName)
String	getClassName()
ClassDescriptor	getDescriptor()
Class<? extends DynamicEntity>	getJavaClass()
String	getName()	Return the entity type's name.
int	getNumberOfProperties()	The current number of properties.
DynamicType	getParentType()
List<String>	getPropertiesNames()	The current names of properties.
int	getPropertyIndex(String propertyName)
Class<?>	getPropertyType(int propertyIndex)
Class<?>	getPropertyType(String propertyName)
DynamicEntity	newDynamicEntity()

Field Detail

DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTY

static final String DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTY

Property name used to store the EntityTypeImpl on each descriptor in its ClassDescriptor.properties. The EntityType instance is generally populated by the DynamicTypeBuilder and should only be done when properly initialized.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Return the entity type's name. This is the short name of the class or the ClassDescriptor.getAlias()

getClassName

String getClassName()

Returns:

Fully qualified name of mapped class.

getParentType

DynamicType getParentType()

Returns:

The parent type or null if this type does not have a persistent superclass

getNumberOfProperties

int getNumberOfProperties()

The current number of properties.

Note: Some implementations support adding mapped attributes at runtime so it is best to avoid caching the result.

getPropertiesNames

List<String> getPropertiesNames()

The current names of properties.

Note: Some implementations support adding mapped attributes at runtime so it is best to avoid caching the result.

containsProperty

boolean containsProperty(String propertyName)

getPropertyIndex

int getPropertyIndex(String propertyName)

getJavaClass

Class<? extends DynamicEntity> getJavaClass()

newDynamicEntity

DynamicEntity newDynamicEntity()

getPropertyType

Class<?> getPropertyType(int propertyIndex)

getPropertyType

Class<?> getPropertyType(String propertyName)

getDescriptor

ClassDescriptor getDescriptor()

Returns:

the underlying ClassDescriptor for the mapped type