java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.persistence.core.mappings.CoreMapping<AttributeAccessor,AbstractSession,ContainerPolicy,ClassDescriptor,DatabaseField>
- - org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping
  - - org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.ForeignReferenceMapping

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CollectionMapping, ObjectReferenceMapping
```
public abstract class ForeignReferenceMapping
extends DatabaseMapping
```
Purpose: Abstract class for relationship mappings

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping
  DatabaseMapping.WriteType

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected BatchFetchType`	`batchFetchType`	Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries, and defines the type of batch fetch to use.
`protected boolean`	`cascadeDetach`
`protected boolean`	`cascadeMerge`
`protected boolean`	`cascadePersist`	Cascading flags used by the EntityManager
`protected boolean`	`cascadeRefresh`
`protected boolean`	`cascadeRemove`
`protected boolean`	`forceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria`	This is a way (after cloning) to force the initialization of the selection criteria
`protected boolean`	`hasCustomSelectionQuery`	Indicates whether the selection query is TopLink generated or defined by the user.
`protected IndirectionPolicy`	`indirectionPolicy`	Implements indirection behavior
`static int`	`INNER_JOIN`	Specify any INNER join on a join fetch.
`protected boolean`	`isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase`	Support delete cascading on the database relationship constraint.
`protected boolean`	`isPrivateOwned`	Indicates whether the referenced object is privately owned or not.
`protected int`	`joinFetch`	Define if the relationship should always be join fetched.
`protected String`	`mappedBy`	Stores JPA metadata about whether another mapping is the owning mapping.
`static int`	`NONE`	Specify no join fetch, this is the default.
`static int`	`OUTER_JOIN`	Specify any OUTER join on a join fetch.
`protected PartitioningPolicy`	`partitioningPolicy`	Allow the mapping's queries to be targeted at specific connection pools.
`protected String`	`partitioningPolicyName`	Allow the mapping's queries to be targeted at specific connection pools.
`static String`	`QUERY_BATCH_PARAMETER`	Query parameter name used for IN batch ids.
`protected Class`	`referenceClass`	This is used only in descriptor proxy in remote session
`protected String`	`referenceClassName`
`protected ClassDescriptor`	`referenceDescriptor`	The descriptor of the reference class.
`protected DatabaseMapping`	`relationshipPartner`	Used to reference the other half of a bi-directional relationship.
`protected String`	`relationshipPartnerAttributeName`	Set by users, used to retrieve the backpointer for this mapping
`protected boolean`	`requiresTransientWeavedFields`	Flag used to determine if we need to weave the transient annotation on weaved fields.
`protected ReadQuery`	`selectionQuery`	This query is used to read referenced objects for this mapping.
`protected AbstractSession`	`tempInitSession`	The session is temporarily used for initialization.

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping
attributeAccessor, attributeName, derivedIdMapping, derivesId, descriptor, fields, isCacheable, isInSopObject, isJPAId, isLazy, isMapKeyMapping, isOptional, isPrimaryKeyMapping, isReadOnly, isRemotelyInitialized, mapsIdValue, NO_FIELDS, NO_WEIGHT, properties, unconvertedProperties, weight, WEIGHT_AGGREGATE, WEIGHT_DIRECT, WEIGHT_TO_ONE, WEIGHT_TRANSFORM

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected ForeignReferenceMapping()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addForeignKeyField(DatabaseField sourceForeignKeyField, DatabaseField targetPrimaryKeyField)`	INTERNAL: Allow subclass to define a foreign key in the source's table.
`void`	`addTargetForeignKeyField(DatabaseField targetForeignKeyField, DatabaseField sourcePrimaryKeyField)`	INTERNAL: Allow subclass to define a foreign key in the target's table.
`protected Object`	`batchedValueFromRow(AbstractRecord row, ObjectLevelReadQuery query, CacheKey parentCacheKey)`	INTERNAL: Retrieve the value through using batch reading.
`void`	`buildBackupClone(Object clone, Object backup, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)`	INTERNAL: Clone the attribute from the clone and assign it to the backup.
`abstract Object`	`buildBackupCloneForPartObject(Object attributeValue, Object clone, Object backup, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)`	INTERNAL: Used during building the backup shallow copy to copy the target object without re-registering it.
`protected Expression`	`buildBatchCriteria(ExpressionBuilder builder, ObjectLevelReadQuery query)`	INTERNAL: Return the selection criteria used to IN batch fetching.
`void`	`buildClone(Object original, CacheKey cacheKey, Object clone, Integer refreshCascade, AbstractSession cloningSession)`	INTERNAL: Clone the attribute from the original and assign it to the clone.
`abstract Object`	`buildCloneForPartObject(Object attributeValue, Object original, CacheKey cacheKey, Object clone, AbstractSession cloningSession, Integer refreshCascade, boolean isExisting, boolean isFromSharedCache)`	INTERNAL: Require for cloning, the part must be cloned.
`void`	`buildCloneFromRow(AbstractRecord databaseRow, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, Object clone, CacheKey sharedCacheKey, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, AbstractSession executionSession)`	INTERNAL: A combination of readFromRowIntoObject and buildClone.
`abstract Object[]`	`buildReferencesPKList(Object entity, Object attribute, AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: This method will access the target relationship and create a list of information to rebuild the relationship.
`protected Object`	`checkCacheForBatchKey(AbstractRecord sourceRow, Object foreignKey, Map batchObjects, ReadQuery batchQuery, ObjectLevelReadQuery originalQuery, AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Check if the target object is in the cache if possible based on the source row.
`Object`	`clone()`	INTERNAL: The mapping clones itself to create deep copy.
`abstract void`	`collectQueryParameters(Set<DatabaseField> cacheFields)`	INTERNAL: This method is used to store the FK fields that can be cached that correspond to noncacheable mappings the FK field values will be used to re-issue the query when cloning the shared cache entity
`boolean`	`compareObjects(Object firstObject, Object secondObject, AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Compare the attributes belonging to this mapping for the objects.
`protected abstract boolean`	`compareObjectsWithoutPrivateOwned(Object first, Object second, AbstractSession session)`	Compare two objects if their parts are not private owned
`protected abstract boolean`	`compareObjectsWithPrivateOwned(Object first, Object second, AbstractSession session)`	Compare two objects if their parts are private owned
`void`	`convertClassNamesToClasses(ClassLoader classLoader)`	INTERNAL: Convert all the class-name-based settings in this mapping to actual class-based settings.
`DatabaseValueHolder`	`createCloneValueHolder(ValueHolderInterface attributeValue, Object original, Object clone, AbstractRecord row, AbstractSession cloningSession, boolean buildDirectlyFromRow)`	INTERNAL: Builder the unit of work value holder.
`protected boolean`	`dontDoMerge(Object target, Object source, MergeManager mergeManager)`	INTERNAL: Return true if the merge should be bypassed.
`void`	`dontUseBatchReading()`	PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries.
`void`	`dontUseIndirection()`	PUBLIC: Indirection means that a ValueHolder will be put in-between the attribute and the real object.
`protected void`	`executeBatchQuery(DatabaseQuery query, CacheKey parentCacheKey, Map referenceObjectsByKey, AbstractSession session, AbstractRecord row)`	INTERNAL: Prepare and execute the batch query and store the results for each source object in a map keyed by the mappings source keys of the source objects.
`void`	`extendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery(ObjectLevelReadQuery sourceQuery)`	INTERNAL: Called if shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery is true.
`protected void`	`extendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery(ObjectLevelReadQuery targetQuery, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery)`	INTERNAL: Called if shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery() is true.
`protected Object`	`extractBatchKeyFromRow(AbstractRecord targetRow, AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Extract the batch key value from the source row.
`Object`	`extractResultFromBatchQuery(ReadQuery batchQuery, CacheKey parentCacheKey, AbstractRecord sourceRow, AbstractSession session, ObjectLevelReadQuery originalQuery)`	INTERNAL: Extract the value from the batch optimized query, this should be supported by most query types.
`void`	`fixObjectReferences(Object object, Map objectDescriptors, Map processedObjects, ObjectLevelReadQuery query, DistributedSession session)`	INTERNAL: An object has been serialized from the server to the client.
`Object`	`getAttributeValueFromObject(Object object)`	INTERNAL: Return the value of an attribute which this mapping represents for an object.
`Object`	`getAttributeValueWithClonedValueHolders(Object object)`	INTERNAL: Returns the attribute value from the reference object.
`BatchFetchType`	`getBatchFetchType()`	PUBLIC: Return the type of batch fetching to use for all queries for this class if configured.
`protected ReadQuery`	`getExtendPessimisticLockScopeDedicatedQuery(AbstractSession session, short lockMode)`	INTERNAL: Should be overridden by subclass that allows setting extendPessimisticLockScope to DEDICATED_QUERY.
`Collection`	`getFieldsForTranslationInAggregate()`	INTERNAL: Return source key fields for translation by an AggregateObjectMapping By default, return an empty NonSynchronizedVector
`IndirectionPolicy`	`getIndirectionPolicy()`	INTERNAL: Return the mapping's indirection policy.
`Expression`	`getJoinCriteria(ObjectExpression context, Expression base)`	INTERNAL: Returns the join criteria stored in the mapping selection query.
`int`	`getJoinFetch()`	PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be join fetched.
`String`	`getMappedBy()`	ADVANCED: Allows the retrieval of the owning mapping for a particular mapping.
`Object`	`getObjectCorrespondingTo(Object object, DistributedSession session, Map objectDescriptors, Map processedObjects, ObjectLevelReadQuery query)`	INTERNAL: return the object on the client corresponding to the specified object.
`List<Expression>`	`getOrderByNormalizedExpressions(Expression base)`	INTERNAL: Relationships order by their target primary key fields by default.
`PartitioningPolicy`	`getPartitioningPolicy()`	PUBLIC: Return the mapping's partitioning policy.
`String`	`getPartitioningPolicyName()`	PUBLIC: Return the name of the mapping's partitioning policy.
`Object`	`getRealAttributeValueFromAttribute(Object attributeValue, Object object, AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Returns the attribute value from the reference object.
`Class`	`getReferenceClass()`	PUBLIC: Returns the reference class.
`String`	`getReferenceClassName()`	INTERNAL: Returns the reference class name.
`ClassDescriptor`	`getReferenceDescriptor()`	INTERNAL: Return the referenceDescriptor.
`DatabaseMapping`	`getRelationshipPartner()`	INTERNAL: Return the relationshipPartner mapping for this bi-directional mapping.
`String`	`getRelationshipPartnerAttributeName()`	PUBLIC: Use this method retrieve the relationship partner attribute name of this bidirectional Mapping.
`Expression`	`getSelectionCriteria()`	INTERNAL: Returns the selection criteria stored in the mapping selection query.
`ReadQuery`	`getSelectionQuery()`	INTERNAL: Returns the read query associated with the mapping.
`protected AbstractSession`	`getTempSession()`
`Object`	`getValueFromRemoteValueHolder(RemoteValueHolder remoteValueHolder)`	INTERNAL: Extract and return the appropriate value from the specified remote value holder.
`boolean`	`hasCustomSelectionQuery()`	INTERNAL: Indicates whether the selection query is TopLink generated or defined by the user.
`boolean`	`hasDependency()`	INTERNAL: Return if the mapping has any ownership or other dependency over its target object(s).
`boolean`	`hasNestedIdentityReference()`	INTERNAL: Indicates whether the mapping (or at least one of its nested mappings, at any nested depth) references an entity.
`void`	`initialize(AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Initialize the state of mapping.
`protected void`	`initializeReferenceDescriptor(AbstractSession session)`	Initialize and set the descriptor for the referenced class in this mapping.
`protected void`	`initializeSelectionQuery(AbstractSession session)`	A subclass should implement this method if it wants non default behavior.
`void`	`instantiateAttribute(Object object, AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Trigger the instantiation of the attribute if lazy.
`boolean`	`isAttributeValueFromObjectInstantiated(Object object)`	INTERNAL: Return whether the specified object is instantiated.
`boolean`	`isAttributeValueFullyBuilt(Object object)`	INTERNAL: The method validateAttributeOfInstantiatedObject(Object attributeValue) fixes the value of the attributeValue in cases where it is null and indirection requires that it contain some specific data structure.
`boolean`	`isAttributeValueInstantiated(Object object)`	INTERNAL: The referenced object is checked if it is instantiated or not
`boolean`	`isCascadeDetach()`	PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the detach operation.
`boolean`	`isCascadeMerge()`	PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the MERGE operation.
`boolean`	`isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase()`	ADVANCED: Return if delete cascading has been set on the database for the mapping's foreign key constraint.
`boolean`	`isCascadePersist()`	PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the CREATE operation.
`boolean`	`isCascadeRefresh()`	PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the REFRESH operation.
`boolean`	`isCascadeRemove()`	PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the REMOVE operation.
`protected boolean`	`isExtendingPessimisticLockScope(ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery)`	INTERNAL: Indicates whether the source query's pessimistic lock scope scope should be extended in the target query.
`boolean`	`isForeignReferenceMapping()`	INTERNAL:
`boolean`	`isInnerJoinFetched()`	PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be INNER join fetched.
`boolean`	`isJoinFetched()`	PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be join fetched.
`boolean`	`isJoiningSupported()`	INTERNAL: Return if this mapping supports joining.
`boolean`	`isLazy()`	Return if this mapping is lazy.
`boolean`	`isLockableMapping()`	INTERNAL: Return whether this mapping should be traversed when we are locking.
`boolean`	`isOuterJoinFetched()`	PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be OUTER join fetched.
`boolean`	`isPrivateOwned()`	PUBLIC: Return true if referenced objects are privately owned else false.
`void`	`iterate(DescriptorIterator iterator)`	INTERNAL: Iterate on the iterator's current object's attribute defined by this mapping.
`abstract void`	`iterateOnRealAttributeValue(DescriptorIterator iterator, Object realAttributeValue)`	INTERNAL: Iterate on the attribute value.
`void`	`load(Object object, AttributeItem item, AbstractSession session, boolean fromFetchGroup)`	Force instantiation of the load group.
`void`	`mergeRemoteValueHolder(Object clientSideDomainObject, Object serverSideDomainObject, MergeManager mergeManager)`	INTERNAL: Replace the client value holder with the server value holder, after copying some of the settings from the client value holder.
`protected void`	`postPrepareNestedBatchQuery(ReadQuery batchQuery, ObjectLevelReadQuery query)`	INTERNAL: Allow the mapping the do any further batch preparation.
`void`	`preInitialize(AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Initialize the state of mapping.
`protected ReadQuery`	`prepareHistoricalQuery(ReadQuery targetQuery, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, AbstractSession executionSession)`	INTERNAL: Allow for the mapping to perform any historical query additions.
`ReadQuery`	`prepareNestedBatchQuery(ObjectLevelReadQuery query)`	INTERNAL: Clone and prepare the selection query as a nested batch read query.
`protected ObjectLevelReadQuery`	`prepareNestedJoinQueryClone(AbstractRecord row, List dataResults, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, AbstractSession executionSession)`	INTERNAL: Prepare the clone of the nested query for joining.
`ObjectLevelReadQuery`	`prepareNestedJoins(JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, ObjectBuildingQuery baseQuery, AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: Clone and prepare the JoinedAttributeManager nested JoinedAttributeManager.
`void`	`privateOwnedRelationship()`	PUBLIC: Sets the reference object to be a private owned.
`Object`	`readFromRowIntoObject(AbstractRecord databaseRow, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, Object targetObject, CacheKey parentCacheKey, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, AbstractSession executionSession, boolean isTargetProtected)`	INTERNAL: Extract value from the row and set the attribute to this value in the object.
`void`	`remoteInitialization(DistributedSession session)`	INTERNAL: Once descriptors are serialized to the remote session.
`Map`	`replaceValueHoldersIn(Object object, RemoteSessionController controller)`	INTERNAL: replace the value holders in the specified reference object(s)
`boolean`	`requiresTransientWeavedFields()`	Returns true if this mappings associated weaved field requires a transient setting to avoid metadata processing.
`void`	`setBatchFetchType(BatchFetchType batchFetchType)`	PUBLIC: Set the type of batch fetching to use for all queries for this class.
`void`	`setCascadeAll(boolean value)`	PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for all JPA operations.
`void`	`setCascadeDetach(boolean value)`	PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA detach operation.
`void`	`setCascadeMerge(boolean value)`	PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA MERGE operation.
`void`	`setCascadePersist(boolean value)`	PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA CREATE operation.
`void`	`setCascadeRefresh(boolean value)`	PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA REFRESH operation.
`void`	`setCascadeRemove(boolean value)`	PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA REMOVE operation.
`void`	`setCustomSelectionQuery(ReadQuery query)`	PUBLIC: Relationship mappings creates a read query to read reference objects.
`void`	`setForceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria(boolean bool)`	INTERNAL: A way of forcing the selection criteria to be rebuilt.
`protected void`	`setHasCustomSelectionQuery(boolean bool)`
`void`	`setIndirectionPolicy(IndirectionPolicy indirectionPolicy)`	ADVANCED: Set the indirection policy.
`void`	`setIsCacheable(boolean cacheable)`	Used to signal that this mapping references a protected/isolated entity and requires special merge/object building behaviour.
`void`	`setIsCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase(boolean isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase)`	ADVANCED: Set if delete cascading has been set on the database for the mapping's foreign key constraint.
`void`	`setIsPrivateOwned(boolean isPrivateOwned)`	PUBLIC: Set if the relationship is privately owned.
`void`	`setJoinFetch(int joinFetch)`	PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object(s) should always be joined on read queries.
`void`	`setMappedBy(String mappedBy)`	INTERNAL: Called by JPA metadata processing to store the owning mapping for this mapping
`void`	`setPartitioningPolicy(PartitioningPolicy partitioningPolicy)`	PUBLIC: Set the mapping's partitioning policy.
`void`	`setPartitioningPolicyName(String partitioningPolicyName)`	PUBLIC: Set the name of the mapping's partitioning policy.
`void`	`setRealAttributeValueInObject(Object object, Object value)`	INTERNAL: Set the value of the attribute mapped by this mapping, placing it inside a value holder if necessary.
`void`	`setReferenceClass(Class referenceClass)`	PUBLIC: Set the referenced class.
`void`	`setReferenceClassName(String referenceClassName)`	INTERNAL: Used by MW.
`protected void`	`setReferenceDescriptor(ClassDescriptor aDescriptor)`	Set the referenceDescriptor.
`void`	`setRelationshipPartner(DatabaseMapping mapping)`	INTERNAL: Sets the relationshipPartner mapping for this bi-directional mapping.
`void`	`setRelationshipPartnerAttributeName(String attributeName)`	PUBLIC: Use this method to specify the relationship partner attribute name of a bidirectional Mapping.
`void`	`setRequiresTransientWeavedFields(boolean requiresTransientWeavedFields)`	Set this flag if this mappings associated weaved field requires a transient setting to avoid metadata processing.
`void`	`setSelectionCall(Call call)`	PUBLIC: This is a property on the mapping which will allow custom call to be substituted for reading a reference object.
`void`	`setSelectionCriteria(Expression anExpression)`	PUBLIC: Sets the selection criteria to be used as a where clause to read reference objects.
`protected void`	`setSelectionQuery(ReadQuery aQuery)`	Sets the query
`void`	`setSelectionSQLString(String sqlString)`	PUBLIC: This is a property on the mapping which will allow custom SQL to be substituted for reading a reference object.
`void`	`setShouldExtendPessimisticLockScope(boolean shouldExtend)`	ADVANCED: Indicates whether pessimistic lock of ObjectLevelReadQuery with isPessimisticLockScopeExtended set to true should be applied through this mapping beyond the tables mapped to the source object.
`protected void`	`setTempSession(AbstractSession session)`
`void`	`setUsesBatchReading(boolean usesBatchReading)`	PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries.
`void`	`setUsesIndirection(boolean usesIndirection)`	PUBLIC: Indirection means that a ValueHolder will be put in-between the attribute and the real object.
`boolean`	`shouldExtendPessimisticLockScope()`	INTERNAL: Indicates whether pessimistic lock of ObjectLevelReadQuery with isPessimisticLockScopeExtended set to true should be applied through this mapping beyond the tables mapped to the source object.
`boolean`	`shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInDedicatedQuery()`
`boolean`	`shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery()`
`boolean`	`shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery()`
`protected boolean`	`shouldForceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria()`	INTERNAL:
`protected boolean`	`shouldInitializeSelectionCriteria()`
`boolean`	`shouldMergeCascadeParts(MergeManager mergeManager)`	INTERNAL: Returns true if the merge should cascade to the mappings reference's parts.
`protected boolean`	`shouldMergeCascadeReference(MergeManager mergeManager)`	Returns true if the merge should cascade to the mappings reference.
`protected boolean`	`shouldObjectModifyCascadeToParts(ObjectLevelModifyQuery query)`	Returns true if any process leading to object modification should also affect its parts Usually used by write, insert, update and delete.
`boolean`	`shouldRefreshCascadeParts(MergeManager mergeManager)`	INTERNAL: Returns true if the merge should cascade to the mappings reference's parts.
`boolean`	`shouldUseBatchReading()`	PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries.
`protected boolean`	`shouldUseValueFromRowWithJoin(JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery)`	INTERNAL: Indicates whether valueFromRow should call valueFromRowInternalWithJoin (true) or valueFromRowInternal (false)
`AbstractRecord`	`trimRowForJoin(AbstractRecord row, Object value, AbstractSession executionSession)`	INTERNAL: Return a sub-partition of the row starting at the index.
`AbstractRecord`	`trimRowForJoin(AbstractRecord row, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, AbstractSession executionSession)`	INTERNAL: Return a sub-partition of the row starting at the index for the mapping.
`abstract void`	`updateChangeRecordForSelfMerge(ChangeRecord changeRecord, Object source, Object target, UnitOfWorkChangeSet parentUOWChangeSet, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)`	INTERNAL: Update a ChangeRecord to replace the ChangeSet for the old entity with the changeSet for the new Entity.
`void`	`useBasicIndirection()`	PUBLIC: Indirection means that a ValueHolder will be put in-between the attribute and the real object.
`void`	`useBatchReading()`	PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries.
`void`	`useContainerIndirection(Class containerClass)`	PUBLIC: Indirection means that a IndirectContainer (wrapping a ValueHolder) will be put in-between the attribute and the real object.
`void`	`useInnerJoinFetch()`	PUBLIC: Specify this relationship to always be join fetched using an INNER join.
`void`	`useOuterJoinFetch()`	PUBLIC: Specify this relationship to always be join fetched using an OUTER join.
`boolean`	`usesIndirection()`	PUBLIC: Indirection means that some sort of indirection object will be put in-between the attribute and the real object.
`void`	`useWeavedIndirection(String getMethodName, String setMethodName, boolean hasUsedMethodAccess)`	INTERNAL: Configures the mapping to used weaved indirection.
`void`	`validateBeforeInitialization(AbstractSession session)`	INTERNAL: To validate mappings declaration
`abstract Object`	`valueFromPKList(Object[] pks, AbstractRecord foreignKeys, AbstractSession session)`	This method is used to load a relationship from a list of PKs.
`Object`	`valueFromRow(AbstractRecord row, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, CacheKey cacheKey, AbstractSession executionSession, boolean isTargetProtected, Boolean[] wasCacheUsed)`	INTERNAL: Return the value of the reference attribute or a value holder.
`protected Object`	`valueFromRowInternal(AbstractRecord row, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, AbstractSession executionSession)`	INTERNAL: Return the value of the reference attribute or a value holder.
`protected Object`	`valueFromRowInternal(AbstractRecord row, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, AbstractSession executionSession, boolean shouldUseSopObject)`	INTERNAL: Return the value of the reference attribute or a value holder.
`protected Object`	`valueFromRowInternalWithJoin(AbstractRecord row, JoinedAttributeManager joinManager, ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery, CacheKey parentCacheKey, AbstractSession executionSession, boolean isTargetProtected)`	INTERNAL: If the query used joining or partial attributes, build the target object directly.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping
addUnconvertedProperty, buildChangeRecord, buildContainerClone, buildCopy, buildExpression, buildObjectJoinExpression, buildObjectJoinExpression, buildShallowOriginalFromRow, calculateDeferredChanges, cascadeDiscoverAndPersistUnregisteredNewObjects, cascadePerformRemoveIfRequired, cascadePerformRemovePrivateOwnedObjectFromChangeSetIfRequired, cascadeRegisterNewIfRequired, cloneFields, collectFields, compareForChange, convertConverterClassNamesToClasses, derivesId, earlyPreDelete, extractNestedExpressions, extractNestedNonAggregateExpressions, fixRealObjectReferences, getAttributeAccessor, getAttributeClassification, getAttributeName, getContainerPolicy, getDerivedIdMapping, getDescriptor, getField, getFieldClassification, getFields, getGetMethodName, getMapsIdValue, getProperties, getProperty, getRealAttributeValueFromObject, getRealCollectionAttributeValueFromObject, getSelectFields, getSelectTables, getSetMethodName, getUnconvertedProperties, getWeight, hasConstraintDependency, hasInverseConstraintDependency, hasMapsIdValue, hasRootExpressionThatShouldUseOuterJoin, hasUnconvertedProperties, isAbstractColumnMapping, isAbstractCompositeCollectionMapping, isAbstractCompositeDirectCollectionMapping, isAbstractCompositeObjectMapping, isAbstractDirectMapping, isAggregateCollectionMapping, isAggregateMapping, isAggregateObjectMapping, isCacheable, isCandidateForPrivateOwnedRemoval, isCascadedLockingSupported, isChangeTrackingSupported, isCloningRequired, isCollectionMapping, isDatabaseMapping, isDirectCollectionMapping, isDirectMapMapping, isDirectToFieldMapping, isDirectToXMLTypeMapping, isEISMapping, isElementCollectionMapping, isInAndOutSopObject, isInOnlySopObject, isInSopObject, isJPAId, isManyToManyMapping, isManyToOneMapping, isMapKeyMapping, isMultitenantPrimaryKeyMapping, isNestedTableMapping, isObjectReferenceMapping, isOneToManyMapping, isOneToOneMapping, isOptional, isOutOnlySopObject, isOutSopObject, isOwned, isPrimaryKeyMapping, isReadOnly, isReferenceMapping, isRelationalMapping, isRemotelyInitialized, isStructureMapping, isTransformationMapping, isUnidirectionalOneToManyMapping, isUsingMethodAccess, isVariableOneToOneMapping, isWriteOnly, isXMLMapping, loadAll, mergeChangesIntoObject, mergeIntoObject, performDataModificationEvent, postCalculateChanges, postCalculateChangesOnDeleted, postDelete, postInitialize, postInitializeSourceAndTargetExpressions, postInsert, postUpdate, preDelete, preInsert, prepareCascadeLockingPolicy, preUpdate, readFromResultSetIntoObject, readOnly, readWrite, recordPrivateOwnedRemovals, rehashFieldDependancies, remotelyInitialized, setAttributeAccessor, setAttributeName, setAttributeValueInObject, setChangeListener, setDerivedIdMapping, setDerivesId, setDescriptor, setFields, setGetMethodName, setIsInAndOutSopObject, setIsInSopObject, setIsJPAId, setIsLazy, setIsMapKeyMapping, setIsOptional, setIsOutSopObject, setIsPrimaryKeyMapping, setIsReadOnly, setMapsIdValue, setProperties, setProperty, setSetMethodName, setWeight, simpleAddToCollectionChangeRecord, simpleRemoveFromCollectionChangeRecord, toString, updateChangeRecord, updateCollectionChangeRecord, validateAfterInitialization, valueFromObject, valueFromResultSet, valueFromRow, verifyDelete, writeFromAttributeIntoRow, writeFromObjectIntoRow, writeFromObjectIntoRowForShallowInsert, writeFromObjectIntoRowForShallowInsertWithChangeRecord, writeFromObjectIntoRowForUpdate, writeFromObjectIntoRowForUpdateAfterShallowInsert, writeFromObjectIntoRowForUpdateBeforeShallowDelete, writeFromObjectIntoRowForWhereClause, writeFromObjectIntoRowWithChangeRecord, writeInsertFieldsIntoRow, writeUpdateFieldsIntoRow

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - QUERY_BATCH_PARAMETER
```
public static final String QUERY_BATCH_PARAMETER
```
    Query parameter name used for IN batch ids.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - referenceClass
```
protected Class referenceClass
```
    This is used only in descriptor proxy in remote session
  - referenceClassName
```
protected String referenceClassName
```
  - tempInitSession
```
protected transient AbstractSession tempInitSession
```
    The session is temporarily used for initialization. Once used, it is set to null
  - referenceDescriptor
```
protected transient ClassDescriptor referenceDescriptor
```
    The descriptor of the reference class.
  - selectionQuery
```
protected ReadQuery selectionQuery
```
    This query is used to read referenced objects for this mapping.
  - isPrivateOwned
```
protected boolean isPrivateOwned
```
    Indicates whether the referenced object is privately owned or not.
  - batchFetchType
```
protected BatchFetchType batchFetchType
```
    Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries, and defines the type of batch fetch to use.
  - indirectionPolicy
```
protected IndirectionPolicy indirectionPolicy
```
    Implements indirection behavior
  - hasCustomSelectionQuery
```
protected transient boolean hasCustomSelectionQuery
```
    Indicates whether the selection query is TopLink generated or defined by the user.
  - relationshipPartner
```
protected DatabaseMapping relationshipPartner
```
    Used to reference the other half of a bi-directional relationship.
  - relationshipPartnerAttributeName
```
protected String relationshipPartnerAttributeName
```
    Set by users, used to retrieve the backpointer for this mapping
  - cascadePersist
```
protected boolean cascadePersist
```
    Cascading flags used by the EntityManager
  - cascadeMerge
```
protected boolean cascadeMerge
```
  - cascadeRefresh
```
protected boolean cascadeRefresh
```
  - cascadeRemove
```
protected boolean cascadeRemove
```
  - cascadeDetach
```
protected boolean cascadeDetach
```
  - requiresTransientWeavedFields
```
protected boolean requiresTransientWeavedFields
```
    Flag used to determine if we need to weave the transient annotation on weaved fields.
  - joinFetch
```
protected int joinFetch
```
    Define if the relationship should always be join fetched.
  - INNER_JOIN
```
public static final int INNER_JOIN
```
    Specify any INNER join on a join fetch.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - OUTER_JOIN
```
public static final int OUTER_JOIN
```
    Specify any OUTER join on a join fetch.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - NONE
```
public static final int NONE
```
    Specify no join fetch, this is the default.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - forceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria
```
protected boolean forceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria
```
    This is a way (after cloning) to force the initialization of the selection criteria
  - isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase
```
protected boolean isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase
```
    Support delete cascading on the database relationship constraint.
  - partitioningPolicy
```
protected PartitioningPolicy partitioningPolicy
```
    Allow the mapping's queries to be targeted at specific connection pools.
  - partitioningPolicyName
```
protected String partitioningPolicyName
```
    Allow the mapping's queries to be targeted at specific connection pools.
  - mappedBy
```
protected String mappedBy
```
    Stores JPA metadata about whether another mapping is the owning mapping. Only populated for JPA models
- Constructor Detail
  - ForeignReferenceMapping
```
protected ForeignReferenceMapping()
```
- Method Detail
  - getMappedBy
```
public String getMappedBy()
```
    ADVANCED: Allows the retrieval of the owning mapping for a particular mapping. Note: This will only be set for JPA models
    
    Returns:
  - getPartitioningPolicy
```
public PartitioningPolicy getPartitioningPolicy()
```
    PUBLIC: Return the mapping's partitioning policy.
  - setPartitioningPolicy
```
public void setPartitioningPolicy(PartitioningPolicy partitioningPolicy)
```
    PUBLIC: Set the mapping's partitioning policy. A PartitioningPolicy is used to partition, load-balance or replicate data across multiple difference databases or across a database cluster such as Oracle RAC. Partitioning can provide improved scalability by allowing multiple database machines to service requests. Setting a policy on a mapping will set the policy on all of its mappings.
  - getPartitioningPolicyName
```
public String getPartitioningPolicyName()
```
    PUBLIC: Return the name of the mapping's partitioning policy. A PartitioningPolicy with the same name must be defined on the Project. A PartitioningPolicy is used to partition the data for a class across multiple difference databases or across a database cluster such as Oracle RAC. Partitioning can provide improved scalability by allowing multiple database machines to service requests.
  - setPartitioningPolicyName
```
public void setPartitioningPolicyName(String partitioningPolicyName)
```
    PUBLIC: Set the name of the mapping's partitioning policy. A PartitioningPolicy with the same name must be defined on the Project. A PartitioningPolicy is used to partition the data for a class across multiple difference databases or across a database cluster such as Oracle RAC. Partitioning can provide improved scalability by allowing multiple database machines to service requests.
  - batchedValueFromRow
```
protected Object batchedValueFromRow(AbstractRecord row,
                                     ObjectLevelReadQuery query,
                                     CacheKey parentCacheKey)
```
    INTERNAL: Retrieve the value through using batch reading. This executes a single query to read the target for all of the objects and stores the result of the batch query in the original query to allow the other objects to share the results.
  - buildBackupClone
```
public void buildBackupClone(Object clone,
                             Object backup,
                             UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)
```
    INTERNAL: Clone the attribute from the clone and assign it to the backup.
    
    Specified by:
    
    buildBackupClone in class DatabaseMapping
  - buildBackupCloneForPartObject
```
public abstract Object buildBackupCloneForPartObject(Object attributeValue,
                                                     Object clone,
                                                     Object backup,
                                                     UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)
```
    INTERNAL: Used during building the backup shallow copy to copy the target object without re-registering it.
    
    Overrides:
    
    buildBackupCloneForPartObject in class DatabaseMapping
  - buildClone
```
public void buildClone(Object original,
                       CacheKey cacheKey,
                       Object clone,
                       Integer refreshCascade,
                       AbstractSession cloningSession)
```
    INTERNAL: Clone the attribute from the original and assign it to the clone.
    
    Specified by:
    
    buildClone in class DatabaseMapping
  - buildCloneFromRow
```
public void buildCloneFromRow(AbstractRecord databaseRow,
                              JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                              Object clone,
                              CacheKey sharedCacheKey,
                              ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                              UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                              AbstractSession executionSession)
```
    INTERNAL: A combination of readFromRowIntoObject and buildClone.
    buildClone assumes the attribute value exists on the original and can simply be copied.
    readFromRowIntoObject assumes that one is building an original.
    Both of the above assumptions are false in this method, and actually attempts to do both at the same time.
    Extract value from the row and set the attribute to this value in the working copy clone. In order to bypass the shared cache when in transaction a UnitOfWork must be able to populate working copies directly from the row.
    
    Specified by:
    
    buildCloneFromRow in class DatabaseMapping
  - buildCloneForPartObject
```
public abstract Object buildCloneForPartObject(Object attributeValue,
                                               Object original,
                                               CacheKey cacheKey,
                                               Object clone,
                                               AbstractSession cloningSession,
                                               Integer refreshCascade,
                                               boolean isExisting,
                                               boolean isFromSharedCache)
```
    INTERNAL: Require for cloning, the part must be cloned.
    
    Overrides:
    
    buildCloneForPartObject in class DatabaseMapping
  - clone
```
public Object clone()
```
    INTERNAL: The mapping clones itself to create deep copy.
    
    Overrides:
    
    clone in class DatabaseMapping
  - buildReferencesPKList
```
public abstract Object[] buildReferencesPKList(Object entity,
                                               Object attribute,
                                               AbstractSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: This method will access the target relationship and create a list of information to rebuild the relationship. This method is used in combination with the CachedValueHolder to store references to PK's to be loaded from a cache instead of a query.
  - compareObjects
```
public boolean compareObjects(Object firstObject,
                              Object secondObject,
                              AbstractSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: Compare the attributes belonging to this mapping for the objects.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compareObjects in class DatabaseMapping
  - compareObjectsWithoutPrivateOwned
```
protected abstract boolean compareObjectsWithoutPrivateOwned(Object first,
                                                             Object second,
                                                             AbstractSession session)
```
    Compare two objects if their parts are not private owned
  - compareObjectsWithPrivateOwned
```
protected abstract boolean compareObjectsWithPrivateOwned(Object first,
                                                          Object second,
                                                          AbstractSession session)
```
    Compare two objects if their parts are private owned
  - convertClassNamesToClasses
```
public void convertClassNamesToClasses(ClassLoader classLoader)
```
    INTERNAL: Convert all the class-name-based settings in this mapping to actual class-based settings. This method is used when converting a project that has been built with class names to a project with classes.
    
    Overrides:
    
    convertClassNamesToClasses in class DatabaseMapping
  - createCloneValueHolder
```
public DatabaseValueHolder createCloneValueHolder(ValueHolderInterface attributeValue,
                                                  Object original,
                                                  Object clone,
                                                  AbstractRecord row,
                                                  AbstractSession cloningSession,
                                                  boolean buildDirectlyFromRow)
```
    INTERNAL: Builder the unit of work value holder. Ignore the original object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    createCloneValueHolder in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Parameters:
    
    buildDirectlyFromRow - indicates that we are building the clone directly from a row as opposed to building the original from the row, putting it in the shared cache, and then cloning the original.
  - dontDoMerge
```
protected boolean dontDoMerge(Object target,
                              Object source,
                              MergeManager mergeManager)
```
    INTERNAL: Return true if the merge should be bypassed. This would be the case for several reasons, depending on the kind of merge taking place.
  - dontUseBatchReading
```
public void dontUseBatchReading()
```
    PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries. Batch reading will read all of the related objects in a single query when accessed from an originating read all. This should only be used if it is know that the related objects are always required with the source object, or indirection is not used.
  - dontUseIndirection
```
public void dontUseIndirection()
```
    PUBLIC: Indirection means that a ValueHolder will be put in-between the attribute and the real object. This allows for the reading of the target from the database to be delayed until accessed. This defaults to true and is strongly suggested as it give a huge performance gain.
  - extendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery
```
protected void extendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery(ObjectLevelReadQuery targetQuery,
                                                       ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery)
```
    INTERNAL: Called if shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery() is true. Adds locking clause to the target query to extend pessimistic lock scope.
  - extendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery
```
public void extendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery(ObjectLevelReadQuery sourceQuery)
```
    INTERNAL: Called if shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery is true. Adds fields to be locked to the where clause of the source query. Note that the sourceQuery must be ObjectLevelReadQuery so that it has ExpressionBuilder. This method must be implemented in subclasses that allow setting shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery to true.
  - extractResultFromBatchQuery
```
public Object extractResultFromBatchQuery(ReadQuery batchQuery,
                                          CacheKey parentCacheKey,
                                          AbstractRecord sourceRow,
                                          AbstractSession session,
                                          ObjectLevelReadQuery originalQuery)
                                   throws QueryException
```
    INTERNAL: Extract the value from the batch optimized query, this should be supported by most query types.
    
    Throws:
    
    QueryException
  - extractBatchKeyFromRow
```
protected Object extractBatchKeyFromRow(AbstractRecord targetRow,
                                        AbstractSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: Extract the batch key value from the source row. Used for batch reading, most following same order and fields as in the mapping. The method should be overridden by classes that support batch reading.
  - collectQueryParameters
```
public abstract void collectQueryParameters(Set<DatabaseField> cacheFields)
```
    INTERNAL: This method is used to store the FK fields that can be cached that correspond to noncacheable mappings the FK field values will be used to re-issue the query when cloning the shared cache entity
    
    Overrides:
    
    collectQueryParameters in class DatabaseMapping
  - checkCacheForBatchKey
```
protected Object checkCacheForBatchKey(AbstractRecord sourceRow,
                                       Object foreignKey,
                                       Map batchObjects,
                                       ReadQuery batchQuery,
                                       ObjectLevelReadQuery originalQuery,
                                       AbstractSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: Check if the target object is in the cache if possible based on the source row. If in the cache, add the object to the batch results. Return null if not possible or not in the cache.
  - executeBatchQuery
```
protected void executeBatchQuery(DatabaseQuery query,
                                 CacheKey parentCacheKey,
                                 Map referenceObjectsByKey,
                                 AbstractSession session,
                                 AbstractRecord row)
```
    INTERNAL: Prepare and execute the batch query and store the results for each source object in a map keyed by the mappings source keys of the source objects.
  - prepareNestedJoins
```
public ObjectLevelReadQuery prepareNestedJoins(JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                               ObjectBuildingQuery baseQuery,
                                               AbstractSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: Clone and prepare the JoinedAttributeManager nested JoinedAttributeManager. This is used for nested joining as the JoinedAttributeManager passed to the joined build object.
  - postPrepareNestedBatchQuery
```
protected void postPrepareNestedBatchQuery(ReadQuery batchQuery,
                                           ObjectLevelReadQuery query)
```
    INTERNAL: Allow the mapping the do any further batch preparation.
  - buildBatchCriteria
```
protected Expression buildBatchCriteria(ExpressionBuilder builder,
                                        ObjectLevelReadQuery query)
```
    INTERNAL: Return the selection criteria used to IN batch fetching.
  - prepareNestedBatchQuery
```
public ReadQuery prepareNestedBatchQuery(ObjectLevelReadQuery query)
```
    INTERNAL: Clone and prepare the selection query as a nested batch read query. This is used for nested batch reading.
  - fixObjectReferences
```
public void fixObjectReferences(Object object,
                                Map objectDescriptors,
                                Map processedObjects,
                                ObjectLevelReadQuery query,
                                DistributedSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: An object has been serialized from the server to the client. Replace the transient attributes of the remote value holders with client-side objects.
    
    Specified by:
    
    fixObjectReferences in class DatabaseMapping
  - getAttributeValueFromObject
```
public Object getAttributeValueFromObject(Object object)
                                   throws DescriptorException
```
    INTERNAL: Return the value of an attribute which this mapping represents for an object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getAttributeValueFromObject in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Throws:
    
    DescriptorException
  - getAttributeValueWithClonedValueHolders
```
public Object getAttributeValueWithClonedValueHolders(Object object)
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the attribute value from the reference object. If the attribute is using indirection the value of the value-holder is returned. If the value holder is not instantiated then it is instantiated.
  - getFieldsForTranslationInAggregate
```
public Collection getFieldsForTranslationInAggregate()
```
    INTERNAL: Return source key fields for translation by an AggregateObjectMapping By default, return an empty NonSynchronizedVector
  - getExtendPessimisticLockScopeDedicatedQuery
```
protected ReadQuery getExtendPessimisticLockScopeDedicatedQuery(AbstractSession session,
                                                                short lockMode)
```
    INTERNAL: Should be overridden by subclass that allows setting extendPessimisticLockScope to DEDICATED_QUERY.
  - getIndirectionPolicy
```
public IndirectionPolicy getIndirectionPolicy()
```
    INTERNAL: Return the mapping's indirection policy.
  - isAttributeValueFromObjectInstantiated
```
public boolean isAttributeValueFromObjectInstantiated(Object object)
```
    INTERNAL: Return whether the specified object is instantiated.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isAttributeValueFromObjectInstantiated in class DatabaseMapping
  - getJoinCriteria
```
public Expression getJoinCriteria(ObjectExpression context,
                                  Expression base)
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the join criteria stored in the mapping selection query. This criteria is used to read reference objects across the tables from the database.
  - getObjectCorrespondingTo
```
public Object getObjectCorrespondingTo(Object object,
                                       DistributedSession session,
                                       Map objectDescriptors,
                                       Map processedObjects,
                                       ObjectLevelReadQuery query)
```
    INTERNAL: return the object on the client corresponding to the specified object. ForeignReferenceMappings have to worry about maintaining object identity.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getObjectCorrespondingTo in class DatabaseMapping
  - getRealAttributeValueFromAttribute
```
public Object getRealAttributeValueFromAttribute(Object attributeValue,
                                                 Object object,
                                                 AbstractSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the attribute value from the reference object. If the attribute is using indirection the value of the value-holder is returned. If the value holder is not instantiated then it is instantiated.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getRealAttributeValueFromAttribute in class DatabaseMapping
  - isLazy
```
public boolean isLazy()
```
    Return if this mapping is lazy. For relationship mappings this should normally be the same value as indirection, however for eager relationships this can be used with indirection to allow indirection locking and change tracking, but still always force instantiation.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isLazy in class DatabaseMapping
  - isLockableMapping
```
public boolean isLockableMapping()
```
    INTERNAL: Return whether this mapping should be traversed when we are locking.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isLockableMapping in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Returns:
  - instantiateAttribute
```
public void instantiateAttribute(Object object,
                                 AbstractSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: Trigger the instantiation of the attribute if lazy.
    
    Overrides:
    
    instantiateAttribute in class DatabaseMapping
  - getReferenceClass
```
public Class getReferenceClass()
```
    PUBLIC: Returns the reference class.
  - getReferenceClassName
```
public String getReferenceClassName()
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the reference class name.
  - getReferenceDescriptor
```
public ClassDescriptor getReferenceDescriptor()
```
    INTERNAL: Return the referenceDescriptor. This is a descriptor which is associated with the reference class.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getReferenceDescriptor in class DatabaseMapping
  - getRelationshipPartner
```
public DatabaseMapping getRelationshipPartner()
```
    INTERNAL: Return the relationshipPartner mapping for this bi-directional mapping. If the relationshipPartner is null then this is a uni-directional mapping.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getRelationshipPartner in class DatabaseMapping
  - getRelationshipPartnerAttributeName
```
public String getRelationshipPartnerAttributeName()
```
    PUBLIC: Use this method retrieve the relationship partner attribute name of this bidirectional Mapping.
  - getSelectionCriteria
```
public Expression getSelectionCriteria()
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the selection criteria stored in the mapping selection query. This criteria is used to read reference objects from the database. It will return null before initialization. To obtain the selection criteria before initialization (e.g., in a customizer) you can use the buildSelectionCriteria() method defined by some subclasses.
    
    See Also:
    
    OneToOneMapping.buildSelectionCriteria(), OneToManyMapping.buildSelectionCriteria()
  - getSelectionQuery
```
public ReadQuery getSelectionQuery()
```
    INTERNAL: Returns the read query associated with the mapping.
  - getTempSession
```
protected AbstractSession getTempSession()
```
  - getValueFromRemoteValueHolder
```
public Object getValueFromRemoteValueHolder(RemoteValueHolder remoteValueHolder)
```
    INTERNAL: Extract and return the appropriate value from the specified remote value holder.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getValueFromRemoteValueHolder in class DatabaseMapping
  - hasCustomSelectionQuery
```
public boolean hasCustomSelectionQuery()
```
    INTERNAL: Indicates whether the selection query is TopLink generated or defined by the user.
  - hasNestedIdentityReference
```
public boolean hasNestedIdentityReference()
```
    INTERNAL: Indicates whether the mapping (or at least one of its nested mappings, at any nested depth) references an entity. To return true the mapping (or nested mapping) should be ForeignReferenceMapping with non-null and non-aggregate reference descriptor.
    
    Overrides:
    
    hasNestedIdentityReference in class DatabaseMapping
  - preInitialize
```
public void preInitialize(AbstractSession session)
                   throws DescriptorException
```
    INTERNAL: Initialize the state of mapping.
    
    Overrides:
    
    preInitialize in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Throws:
    
    DescriptorException
  - initialize
```
public void initialize(AbstractSession session)
                throws DescriptorException
```
    INTERNAL: Initialize the state of mapping.
    
    Overrides:
    
    initialize in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Throws:
    
    DescriptorException
  - initializeReferenceDescriptor
```
protected void initializeReferenceDescriptor(AbstractSession session)
                                      throws DescriptorException
```
    Initialize and set the descriptor for the referenced class in this mapping.
    
    Throws:
    
    DescriptorException
  - isAttributeValueFullyBuilt
```
public boolean isAttributeValueFullyBuilt(Object object)
```
    INTERNAL: The method validateAttributeOfInstantiatedObject(Object attributeValue) fixes the value of the attributeValue in cases where it is null and indirection requires that it contain some specific data structure. Return whether this will happen. This method is used to help determine if indirection has been triggered
    
    Parameters:
    
    object -
    
    Returns:
    
    See Also:
    
    IndirectionPolicy.validateAttributeOfInstantiatedObject(Object)
  - initializeSelectionQuery
```
protected void initializeSelectionQuery(AbstractSession session)
                                 throws DescriptorException
```
    A subclass should implement this method if it wants non default behavior.
    
    Throws:
    
    DescriptorException
  - isAttributeValueInstantiated
```
public boolean isAttributeValueInstantiated(Object object)
```
    INTERNAL: The referenced object is checked if it is instantiated or not
  - isCascadeDetach
```
public boolean isCascadeDetach()
```
    PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the detach operation.
  - isCascadePersist
```
public boolean isCascadePersist()
```
    PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the CREATE operation.
  - isCascadeMerge
```
public boolean isCascadeMerge()
```
    PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the MERGE operation.
  - isCascadeRefresh
```
public boolean isCascadeRefresh()
```
    PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the REFRESH operation.
  - isCascadeRemove
```
public boolean isCascadeRemove()
```
    PUBLIC: Check cascading value for the REMOVE operation.
  - hasDependency
```
public boolean hasDependency()
```
    INTERNAL: Return if the mapping has any ownership or other dependency over its target object(s).
    
    Overrides:
    
    hasDependency in class DatabaseMapping
  - isForeignReferenceMapping
```
public boolean isForeignReferenceMapping()
```
    INTERNAL:
    
    Overrides:
    
    isForeignReferenceMapping in class DatabaseMapping
  - isJoiningSupported
```
public boolean isJoiningSupported()
```
    INTERNAL: Return if this mapping supports joining.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isJoiningSupported in class DatabaseMapping
  - isPrivateOwned
```
public boolean isPrivateOwned()
```
    PUBLIC: Return true if referenced objects are privately owned else false.
    
    Overrides:
    
    isPrivateOwned in class DatabaseMapping
  - iterate
```
public void iterate(DescriptorIterator iterator)
```
    INTERNAL: Iterate on the iterator's current object's attribute defined by this mapping. The iterator's settings for cascading and value holders determine how the iteration continues from here.
    
    Specified by:
    
    iterate in class DatabaseMapping
  - iterateOnRealAttributeValue
```
public abstract void iterateOnRealAttributeValue(DescriptorIterator iterator,
                                                 Object realAttributeValue)
```
    INTERNAL: Iterate on the attribute value. The value holder has already been processed.
    
    Overrides:
    
    iterateOnRealAttributeValue in class DatabaseMapping
  - load
```
public void load(Object object,
                 AttributeItem item,
                 AbstractSession session,
                 boolean fromFetchGroup)
```
    Force instantiation of the load group.
    
    Overrides:
    
    load in class DatabaseMapping
  - mergeRemoteValueHolder
```
public void mergeRemoteValueHolder(Object clientSideDomainObject,
                                   Object serverSideDomainObject,
                                   MergeManager mergeManager)
```
    INTERNAL: Replace the client value holder with the server value holder, after copying some of the settings from the client value holder.
  - privateOwnedRelationship
```
public void privateOwnedRelationship()
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the reference object to be a private owned. The default behavior is non private owned, or independent.
    
    See Also:
    
    setIsPrivateOwned(boolean)
  - readFromRowIntoObject
```
public Object readFromRowIntoObject(AbstractRecord databaseRow,
                                    JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                    Object targetObject,
                                    CacheKey parentCacheKey,
                                    ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                                    AbstractSession executionSession,
                                    boolean isTargetProtected)
                             throws DatabaseException
```
    INTERNAL: Extract value from the row and set the attribute to this value in the object. return value as this value will have been converted to the appropriate type for the object.
    
    Overrides:
    
    readFromRowIntoObject in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException
  - remoteInitialization
```
public void remoteInitialization(DistributedSession session)
```
    INTERNAL: Once descriptors are serialized to the remote session. All its mappings and reference descriptors are traversed. Usually mappings are initialized and serialized reference descriptors are replaced with local descriptors if they already exist on the remote session.
    
    Overrides:
    
    remoteInitialization in class DatabaseMapping
  - replaceValueHoldersIn
```
public Map replaceValueHoldersIn(Object object,
                                 RemoteSessionController controller)
```
    INTERNAL: replace the value holders in the specified reference object(s)
    
    Overrides:
    
    replaceValueHoldersIn in class DatabaseMapping
  - requiresTransientWeavedFields
```
public boolean requiresTransientWeavedFields()
```
    Returns true if this mappings associated weaved field requires a transient setting to avoid metadata processing.
  - setCascadeAll
```
public void setCascadeAll(boolean value)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for all JPA operations.
  - setCascadeDetach
```
public void setCascadeDetach(boolean value)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA detach operation.
  - setCascadePersist
```
public void setCascadePersist(boolean value)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA CREATE operation.
  - setCascadeMerge
```
public void setCascadeMerge(boolean value)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA MERGE operation.
  - setCascadeRefresh
```
public void setCascadeRefresh(boolean value)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA REFRESH operation.
  - setCascadeRemove
```
public void setCascadeRemove(boolean value)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the cascading for the JPA REMOVE operation.
  - setCustomSelectionQuery
```
public void setCustomSelectionQuery(ReadQuery query)
```
    PUBLIC: Relationship mappings creates a read query to read reference objects. If this default query needs to be customize then user can specify its own read query to do the reading of reference objects. One must instance of ReadQuery or subclasses of the ReadQuery.
  - setHasCustomSelectionQuery
```
protected void setHasCustomSelectionQuery(boolean bool)
```
  - setForceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria
```
public void setForceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria(boolean bool)
```
    INTERNAL: A way of forcing the selection criteria to be rebuilt.
  - setIndirectionPolicy
```
public void setIndirectionPolicy(IndirectionPolicy indirectionPolicy)
```
    ADVANCED: Set the indirection policy.
  - setIsPrivateOwned
```
public void setIsPrivateOwned(boolean isPrivateOwned)
```
    PUBLIC: Set if the relationship is privately owned. A privately owned relationship means the target object is a dependent part of the source object and is not referenced by any other object and cannot exist on its own. Private ownership causes many operations to be cascaded across the relationship, including, deletion, insertion, refreshing, locking (when cascaded). It also ensures that private objects removed from collections are deleted and object added are inserted.
  - setRealAttributeValueInObject
```
public void setRealAttributeValueInObject(Object object,
                                          Object value)
                                   throws DescriptorException
```
    INTERNAL: Set the value of the attribute mapped by this mapping, placing it inside a value holder if necessary. If the value holder is not instantiated then it is instantiated.
    
    Overrides:
    
    setRealAttributeValueInObject in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Throws:
    
    DescriptorException
  - setReferenceClass
```
public void setReferenceClass(Class referenceClass)
```
    PUBLIC: Set the referenced class.
  - setReferenceClassName
```
public void setReferenceClassName(String referenceClassName)
```
    INTERNAL: Used by MW.
  - setReferenceDescriptor
```
protected void setReferenceDescriptor(ClassDescriptor aDescriptor)
```
    Set the referenceDescriptor. This is a descriptor which is associated with the reference class.
  - setRelationshipPartner
```
public void setRelationshipPartner(DatabaseMapping mapping)
```
    INTERNAL: Sets the relationshipPartner mapping for this bi-directional mapping. If the relationshipPartner is null then this is a uni-directional mapping.
  - setRelationshipPartnerAttributeName
```
public void setRelationshipPartnerAttributeName(String attributeName)
```
    PUBLIC: Use this method to specify the relationship partner attribute name of a bidirectional Mapping. TopLink will use the attribute name to find the back pointer mapping to maintain referential integrity of the bi-directional mappings.
  - setRequiresTransientWeavedFields
```
public void setRequiresTransientWeavedFields(boolean requiresTransientWeavedFields)
```
    Set this flag if this mappings associated weaved field requires a transient setting to avoid metadata processing.
  - setSelectionCriteria
```
public void setSelectionCriteria(Expression anExpression)
```
    PUBLIC: Sets the selection criteria to be used as a where clause to read reference objects. This criteria is automatically generated by the TopLink if not explicitly specified by the user.
  - setSelectionQuery
```
protected void setSelectionQuery(ReadQuery aQuery)
```
    Sets the query
  - setSelectionSQLString
```
public void setSelectionSQLString(String sqlString)
```
    PUBLIC: This is a property on the mapping which will allow custom SQL to be substituted for reading a reference object.
  - setSelectionCall
```
public void setSelectionCall(Call call)
```
    PUBLIC: This is a property on the mapping which will allow custom call to be substituted for reading a reference object.
  - setShouldExtendPessimisticLockScope
```
public void setShouldExtendPessimisticLockScope(boolean shouldExtend)
```
    ADVANCED: Indicates whether pessimistic lock of ObjectLevelReadQuery with isPessimisticLockScopeExtended set to true should be applied through this mapping beyond the tables mapped to the source object.
  - setTempSession
```
protected void setTempSession(AbstractSession session)
```
  - setUsesBatchReading
```
public void setUsesBatchReading(boolean usesBatchReading)
```
    PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries. Batch reading will read all of the related objects in a single query when accessed from an originating read all. This should only be used if it is know that the related objects are always required with the source object, or indirection is not used.
    
    See Also:
    
    setBatchFetchType(BatchFetchType)
  - setUsesIndirection
```
public void setUsesIndirection(boolean usesIndirection)
```
    PUBLIC: Indirection means that a ValueHolder will be put in-between the attribute and the real object. This allows for the reading of the target from the database to be delayed until accessed. This defaults to true and is strongly suggested as it give a huge performance gain.
    
    See Also:
    
    useBasicIndirection(), dontUseIndirection()
  - shouldExtendPessimisticLockScope
```
public boolean shouldExtendPessimisticLockScope()
```
    INTERNAL: Indicates whether pessimistic lock of ObjectLevelReadQuery with isPessimisticLockScopeExtended set to true should be applied through this mapping beyond the tables mapped to the source object.
  - shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery
```
public boolean shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery()
```
  - shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery
```
public boolean shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery()
```
  - shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInDedicatedQuery
```
public boolean shouldExtendPessimisticLockScopeInDedicatedQuery()
```
  - shouldForceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria
```
protected boolean shouldForceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria()
```
    INTERNAL:
  - shouldInitializeSelectionCriteria
```
protected boolean shouldInitializeSelectionCriteria()
```
  - shouldMergeCascadeParts
```
public boolean shouldMergeCascadeParts(MergeManager mergeManager)
```
    INTERNAL: Returns true if the merge should cascade to the mappings reference's parts.
  - shouldRefreshCascadeParts
```
public boolean shouldRefreshCascadeParts(MergeManager mergeManager)
```
    INTERNAL: Returns true if the merge should cascade to the mappings reference's parts.
  - shouldMergeCascadeReference
```
protected boolean shouldMergeCascadeReference(MergeManager mergeManager)
```
    Returns true if the merge should cascade to the mappings reference.
  - shouldObjectModifyCascadeToParts
```
protected boolean shouldObjectModifyCascadeToParts(ObjectLevelModifyQuery query)
```
    Returns true if any process leading to object modification should also affect its parts Usually used by write, insert, update and delete.
  - shouldUseBatchReading
```
public boolean shouldUseBatchReading()
```
    PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries. Batch reading will read all of the related objects in a single query when accessed from an originating read all. This should only be used if it is know that the related objects are always required with the source object, or indirection is not used.
  - useBasicIndirection
```
public void useBasicIndirection()
```
    PUBLIC: Indirection means that a ValueHolder will be put in-between the attribute and the real object. This allows for the reading of the target from the database to be delayed until accessed. This defaults to true and is strongly suggested as it give a huge performance gain.
  - useBatchReading
```
public void useBatchReading()
```
    PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object should always be batch read on read all queries. Batch reading will read all of the related objects in a single query when accessed from an originating read all. This should only be used if it is know that the related objects are always required with the source object, or indirection is not used.
  - useWeavedIndirection
```
public void useWeavedIndirection(String getMethodName,
                                 String setMethodName,
                                 boolean hasUsedMethodAccess)
```
    INTERNAL: Configures the mapping to used weaved indirection. This requires that the toplink-agent be used to weave indirection into the class. This policy is only require for method access.
    
    Parameters:
    
    getMethodName - is the name of the original (or weaved in field access case) set method for the mapping.
    
    setMethodName - is the name of the original (or weaved in field access case) set method for the mapping.
    
    hasUsedMethodAccess - indicates whether method or field access was originally used.
  - useContainerIndirection
```
public void useContainerIndirection(Class containerClass)
```
    PUBLIC: Indirection means that a IndirectContainer (wrapping a ValueHolder) will be put in-between the attribute and the real object. This allows for an application specific class to be used which wraps the value holder. The purpose of this is that the domain objects will not require to import the ValueHolderInterface class. Refer also to transparent indirection for a transparent solution to indirection.
  - usesIndirection
```
public boolean usesIndirection()
```
    PUBLIC: Indirection means that some sort of indirection object will be put in-between the attribute and the real object. This allows for the reading of the target from the database to be delayed until accessed. This defaults to true and is strongly suggested as it give a huge performance gain.
  - updateChangeRecordForSelfMerge
```
public abstract void updateChangeRecordForSelfMerge(ChangeRecord changeRecord,
                                                    Object source,
                                                    Object target,
                                                    UnitOfWorkChangeSet parentUOWChangeSet,
                                                    UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)
```
    INTERNAL: Update a ChangeRecord to replace the ChangeSet for the old entity with the changeSet for the new Entity. This is used when an Entity is merged into itself and the Entity reference new or detached entities.
  - setJoinFetch
```
public void setJoinFetch(int joinFetch)
```
    PUBLIC: Indicates whether the referenced object(s) should always be joined on read queries. Joining will join the two classes tables to read all of the data in a single query. This should only be used if it is know that the related objects are always required with the source object, or indirection is not used. A join-fetch can either use an INNER_JOIN or OUTER_JOIN, if the relationship may reference null or an empty collection an outer join should be used to avoid filtering the source objects from the queries. Join fetch can also be specified on the query, and it is normally more efficient to do so as some queries may not require the related objects. Typically batch reading is more efficient than join fetching and should be considered, especially for collection relationships.
    
    See Also:
    
    ObjectLevelReadQuery.addJoinedAttribute(String), ObjectLevelReadQuery.addBatchReadAttribute(String)
  - getJoinFetch
```
public int getJoinFetch()
```
    PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be join fetched.
  - setMappedBy
```
public void setMappedBy(String mappedBy)
```
    INTERNAL: Called by JPA metadata processing to store the owning mapping for this mapping
    
    Parameters:
    
    mappedBy -
  - isJoinFetched
```
public boolean isJoinFetched()
```
    PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be join fetched.
  - isInnerJoinFetched
```
public boolean isInnerJoinFetched()
```
    PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be INNER join fetched.
  - isOuterJoinFetched
```
public boolean isOuterJoinFetched()
```
    PUBLIC: Return if this relationship should always be OUTER join fetched.
  - useInnerJoinFetch
```
public void useInnerJoinFetch()
```
    PUBLIC: Specify this relationship to always be join fetched using an INNER join.
  - useOuterJoinFetch
```
public void useOuterJoinFetch()
```
    PUBLIC: Specify this relationship to always be join fetched using an OUTER join.
  - isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase
```
public boolean isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase()
```
    ADVANCED: Return if delete cascading has been set on the database for the mapping's foreign key constraint.
  - setIsCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase
```
public void setIsCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase(boolean isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase)
```
    ADVANCED: Set if delete cascading has been set on the database for the mapping's foreign key constraint. The behavior is dependent on the mapping.
    OneToOne (target foreign key) - deletes target object (private owned)
    OneToMany, AggregateCollection - deletes target objects (private owned)
    ManyToMany - deletes from join table (only)
    DirectCollection - delete from direct table
  - setIsCacheable
```
public void setIsCacheable(boolean cacheable)
```
    Used to signal that this mapping references a protected/isolated entity and requires special merge/object building behaviour.
    
    Overrides:
    
    setIsCacheable in class DatabaseMapping
  - validateBeforeInitialization
```
public void validateBeforeInitialization(AbstractSession session)
                                  throws DescriptorException
```
    INTERNAL: To validate mappings declaration
    
    Overrides:
    
    validateBeforeInitialization in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Throws:
    
    DescriptorException
  - valueFromPKList
```
public abstract Object valueFromPKList(Object[] pks,
                                       AbstractRecord foreignKeys,
                                       AbstractSession session)
```
    This method is used to load a relationship from a list of PKs. This list may be available if the relationship has been cached.
  - valueFromRow
```
public Object valueFromRow(AbstractRecord row,
                           JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                           ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                           CacheKey cacheKey,
                           AbstractSession executionSession,
                           boolean isTargetProtected,
                           Boolean[] wasCacheUsed)
                    throws DatabaseException
```
    INTERNAL: Return the value of the reference attribute or a value holder. Check whether the mapping's attribute should be optimized through batch and joining.
    
    Overrides:
    
    valueFromRow in class DatabaseMapping
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException
  - shouldUseValueFromRowWithJoin
```
protected boolean shouldUseValueFromRowWithJoin(JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                                ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery)
```
    INTERNAL: Indicates whether valueFromRow should call valueFromRowInternalWithJoin (true) or valueFromRowInternal (false)
  - valueFromRowInternalWithJoin
```
protected Object valueFromRowInternalWithJoin(AbstractRecord row,
                                              JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                              ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                                              CacheKey parentCacheKey,
                                              AbstractSession executionSession,
                                              boolean isTargetProtected)
                                       throws DatabaseException
```
    INTERNAL: If the query used joining or partial attributes, build the target object directly. If isJoiningSupported()==true then this method must be overridden.
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException
  - valueFromRowInternal
```
protected Object valueFromRowInternal(AbstractRecord row,
                                      JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                      ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                                      AbstractSession executionSession)
                               throws DatabaseException
```
    INTERNAL: Return the value of the reference attribute or a value holder. Check whether the mapping's attribute should be optimized through batch and joining.
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException
  - valueFromRowInternal
```
protected Object valueFromRowInternal(AbstractRecord row,
                                      JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                      ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                                      AbstractSession executionSession,
                                      boolean shouldUseSopObject)
                               throws DatabaseException
```
    INTERNAL: Return the value of the reference attribute or a value holder. Check whether the mapping's attribute should be optimized through batch and joining.
    
    Parameters:
    
    shouldUseSopObject - indicates whether sopObject stored in the row should be used to extract the value (and fields/values stored in the row ignored).
    
    Throws:
    
    DatabaseException
  - isExtendingPessimisticLockScope
```
protected boolean isExtendingPessimisticLockScope(ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery)
```
    INTERNAL: Indicates whether the source query's pessimistic lock scope scope should be extended in the target query.
  - prepareHistoricalQuery
```
protected ReadQuery prepareHistoricalQuery(ReadQuery targetQuery,
                                           ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                                           AbstractSession executionSession)
```
    INTERNAL: Allow for the mapping to perform any historical query additions. Return the new target query.
  - trimRowForJoin
```
public AbstractRecord trimRowForJoin(AbstractRecord row,
                                     JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                     AbstractSession executionSession)
```
    INTERNAL: Return a sub-partition of the row starting at the index for the mapping.
  - trimRowForJoin
```
public AbstractRecord trimRowForJoin(AbstractRecord row,
                                     Object value,
                                     AbstractSession executionSession)
```
    INTERNAL: Return a sub-partition of the row starting at the index.
  - prepareNestedJoinQueryClone
```
protected ObjectLevelReadQuery prepareNestedJoinQueryClone(AbstractRecord row,
                                                           List dataResults,
                                                           JoinedAttributeManager joinManager,
                                                           ObjectBuildingQuery sourceQuery,
                                                           AbstractSession executionSession)
```
    INTERNAL: Prepare the clone of the nested query for joining. The nested query clones are stored on the execution (clone) joinManager to avoid cloning per row.
  - getBatchFetchType
```
public BatchFetchType getBatchFetchType()
```
    PUBLIC: Return the type of batch fetching to use for all queries for this class if configured.
  - setBatchFetchType
```
public void setBatchFetchType(BatchFetchType batchFetchType)
```
    PUBLIC: Set the type of batch fetching to use for all queries for this class.
  - addTargetForeignKeyField
```
public void addTargetForeignKeyField(DatabaseField targetForeignKeyField,
                                     DatabaseField sourcePrimaryKeyField)
```
    INTERNAL: Allow subclass to define a foreign key in the target's table.
  - addForeignKeyField
```
public void addForeignKeyField(DatabaseField sourceForeignKeyField,
                               DatabaseField targetPrimaryKeyField)
```
    INTERNAL: Allow subclass to define a foreign key in the source's table.
  - getOrderByNormalizedExpressions
```
public List<Expression> getOrderByNormalizedExpressions(Expression base)
```
    INTERNAL: Relationships order by their target primary key fields by default.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getOrderByNormalizedExpressions in class DatabaseMapping

Class ForeignReferenceMapping

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.DatabaseMapping

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

QUERY_BATCH_PARAMETER

referenceClass

referenceClassName

tempInitSession

referenceDescriptor

selectionQuery

isPrivateOwned

batchFetchType

indirectionPolicy

hasCustomSelectionQuery

relationshipPartner

relationshipPartnerAttributeName

cascadePersist

cascadeMerge

cascadeRefresh

cascadeRemove

cascadeDetach

requiresTransientWeavedFields

joinFetch

INNER_JOIN

OUTER_JOIN

NONE

forceInitializationOfSelectionCriteria

isCascadeOnDeleteSetOnDatabase

partitioningPolicy

partitioningPolicyName

mappedBy

Constructor Detail

ForeignReferenceMapping

Method Detail

getMappedBy

getPartitioningPolicy

setPartitioningPolicy

getPartitioningPolicyName

setPartitioningPolicyName

batchedValueFromRow

buildBackupClone

buildBackupCloneForPartObject

buildClone

buildCloneFromRow

buildCloneForPartObject

clone

buildReferencesPKList

compareObjects

compareObjectsWithoutPrivateOwned

compareObjectsWithPrivateOwned

convertClassNamesToClasses

createCloneValueHolder

dontDoMerge

dontUseBatchReading

dontUseIndirection

extendPessimisticLockScopeInTargetQuery

extendPessimisticLockScopeInSourceQuery

extractResultFromBatchQuery

extractBatchKeyFromRow

collectQueryParameters

checkCacheForBatchKey

executeBatchQuery

prepareNestedJoins

postPrepareNestedBatchQuery

buildBatchCriteria

prepareNestedBatchQuery

fixObjectReferences

getAttributeValueFromObject

getAttributeValueWithClonedValueHolders

getFieldsForTranslationInAggregate

getExtendPessimisticLockScopeDedicatedQuery

getIndirectionPolicy

isAttributeValueFromObjectInstantiated

getJoinCriteria