AttributeContainer (hibernate-core JavaDocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

Join, JoinedSubclass, PersistentClass, RootClass, SingleTableSubclass, Subclass, UnionSubclass
```
public interface AttributeContainer
```
Identifies a mapping model object which may have attributes (fields or properties). Abstracts over PersistentClass and Join.

"API Note:"

This model makes sense in hbm.xml mappings where a <property/> element may occur as a child of a <join/>. In annotations, and in orm.xml, a property cannot be said to itself belong to a secondary table, instead its columns are mapped to the table explicitly. In fact, the old hbm.xml model was more natural when it came to handling <column/> and especially <formula/> mappings in secondary tables. There was no need to repetitively write @Column(table="secondary"). Granted, it does sound strange to say that a Java property "belongs" to a secondary table.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addProperty(Property property)`	Add a property to this `PersistentClass` or `Join`.
`boolean`	`contains(Property property)`
`Table`	`getTable()`

Method Detail

addProperty
```
void addProperty(Property property)
```
Add a property to this PersistentClass or Join.

contains

boolean contains(Property property)

getTable
```
Table getTable()
```