org.hibernate.property
Interface Getter

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BackrefPropertyAccessor.BackrefGetter, BasicPropertyAccessor.BasicGetter, DirectPropertyAccessor.DirectGetter, Dom4jAccessor.AttributeGetter, Dom4jAccessor.Dom4jGetter, Dom4jAccessor.ElementAttributeGetter, Dom4jAccessor.ElementGetter, Dom4jAccessor.TextGetter, EmbeddedPropertyAccessor.EmbeddedGetter, IndexPropertyAccessor.IndexGetter, MapAccessor.MapGetter

public interface Getter
extends java.io.Serializable

Gets values of a particular property

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.Object owner) Get the property value from the given instance .
java.lang.Object	getForInsert(java.lang.Object owner, java.util.Map mergeMap, SessionImplementor session) Get the property value from the given owner instance.
java.lang.reflect.Method	getMethod() Optional operation (return null)
java.lang.String	getMethodName() Optional operation (return null)
java.lang.Class	getReturnType() Get the declared Java type

Method Detail

get

java.lang.Object get(java.lang.Object owner)
                     throws HibernateException

Get the property value from the given instance .

Parameters:

owner - The instance containing the value to be retreived.

Returns:

The extracted value.

Throws:

HibernateException

getForInsert

java.lang.Object getForInsert(java.lang.Object owner,
                              java.util.Map mergeMap,
                              SessionImplementor session)
                              throws HibernateException

Get the property value from the given owner instance.

Parameters:

owner - The instance containing the value to be retreived.

mergeMap - a map of merged persistent instances to detached instances

session - The session from which this request originated.

Returns:

The extracted value.

Throws:

HibernateException

getReturnType

java.lang.Class getReturnType()

Get the declared Java type

getMethodName

java.lang.String getMethodName()

Optional operation (return null)

getMethod

java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod()

Optional operation (return null)