org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb

Interface ObjectGraph

All Known Implementing Classes:

ObjectGraphImpl

public interface ObjectGraph

This type represents the root of an object graph that will be used as a template to define the attribute nodes and boundaries of a graph of JAXB objects and relationships. The root must be an root-level JAXB type.

Since:

EclipseLink 2.5

See Also:

XmlNamedObjectGraph

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addAttributeNodes(String... attributeName)
Subgraph	addSubgraph(String attribute)
Subgraph	addSubgraph(String attribute, Class type) Used to add a node of the graph that corresponds to a managed type with inheritance.
List<AttributeNode>	getAttributeNodes()
String	getName() Returns the name of the static EntityGraph.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the static EntityGraph. Will return null if the EntityGraph is not a named EntityGraph.

addAttributeNodes

void addAttributeNodes(String... attributeName)

addSubgraph

Subgraph addSubgraph(String attribute)

addSubgraph

Subgraph addSubgraph(String attribute,
                     Class type)

Used to add a node of the graph that corresponds to a managed type with inheritance. This allows for multiple subclass sub-graphs to be defined for this node of the entity graph. Subclass sub-graphs will include the specified attributes of superclass sub-graphs

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the attribute is not an attribute of this managed type.

IllegalArgumentException - if the attribute's target type is not a managed type

IllegalStateException - if this EntityGraph has been statically defined

getAttributeNodes

List<AttributeNode> getAttributeNodes()