QueryHintMetadata

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.ORMetadata
- - org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.queries.QueryHintMetadata

```
public class QueryHintMetadata
extends ORMetadata
```
INTERNAL: Object to hold onto query hints metadata. Use this object to preserve information like multiples and order of specification. We lose that by using a java hash object directly. Key notes: - any metadata mapped from XML to this class must be compared in the equals method. - when loading from annotations, the constructor accepts the metadata accessor this metadata was loaded from. Used it to look up any 'companion' annotation needed for processing. - methods should be preserved in alphabetical order.

Since:

TopLink EJB 3.0 Reference Implementation

Author:

Guy Pelletier

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.ORMetadata
  m_project

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`QueryHintMetadata()`	INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.
`QueryHintMetadata(MetadataAnnotation hint, MetadataAccessor accessor)`	INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare)`	INTERNAL:
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
`java.lang.String`	`getValue()`	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`void`	`setName(java.lang.String name)`	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
`void`	`setValue(java.lang.String value)`	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.ORMetadata
getAccessibleObject, getAccessibleObjectName, getAnnotation, getBoxedType, getDatabaseTypeEnum, getEntityMappings, getFullyQualifiedClassName, getIdentifier, getJavaClass, getJavaClassName, getLoader, getLocation, getLogger, getMetadataClass, getMetadataClass, getMetadataClass, getMetadataFactory, getName, getPrimitiveClassForName, getProject, getText, getXMLElement, hasIdentifier, hasText, initXMLClassName, initXMLObject, initXMLObject, initXMLObjects, initXMLTextObject, loadedFromAnnotation, loadedFromEclipseLinkXML, loadedFromXML, merge, mergeORObjectLists, mergeORObjects, mergeSimpleObjects, reloadEntity, reloadMappedSuperclass, setAccessibleObject, setEntityMappings, setFieldName, setFieldName, setProject, shouldOverride, valuesMatch, valuesMatch

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

QueryHintMetadata
```
public QueryHintMetadata()
```
INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.

QueryHintMetadata

public QueryHintMetadata(MetadataAnnotation hint,
                         MetadataAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

Method Detail
- equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare)
```
  INTERNAL:
  
  Specified by:
  
  equals in class ORMetadata
- hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
  Overrides:
  
  hashCode in class java.lang.Object
- getName
```
public java.lang.String getName()
```
  INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
- getValue
```
public java.lang.String getValue()
```
  INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
- setName
```
public void setName(java.lang.String name)
```
  INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
- setValue
```
public void setValue(java.lang.String value)
```
  INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.