org.hibernate.persister.entity
Interface PropertyMapping

All Known Subinterfaces:

Queryable, QueryableCollection, SQLLoadableCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionPersister, AbstractEntityPersister, AbstractPropertyMapping, BasicCollectionPersister, BasicEntityPropertyMapping, CollectionPropertyMapping, CompositeElementPropertyMapping, ElementPropertyMapping, JoinedSubclassEntityPersister, OneToManyPersister, SingleTableEntityPersister, UnionSubclassEntityPersister

public interface PropertyMapping

Abstraction of all mappings that define properties: entities, collection elements.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Type	getType() Get the type of the thing containing the properties
java.lang.String[]	toColumns(java.lang.String propertyName) Given a property path, return the corresponding column name(s).
java.lang.String[]	toColumns(java.lang.String alias, java.lang.String propertyName) Given a query alias and a property path, return the qualified column name
Type	toType(java.lang.String propertyName) Given a component path expression, get the type of the property

Method Detail

toType

Type toType(java.lang.String propertyName)
            throws QueryException

Given a component path expression, get the type of the property

Throws:

QueryException

toColumns

java.lang.String[] toColumns(java.lang.String alias,
                             java.lang.String propertyName)
                             throws QueryException

Given a query alias and a property path, return the qualified column name

Throws:

QueryException

toColumns

java.lang.String[] toColumns(java.lang.String propertyName)
                             throws QueryException,
                                    java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

Given a property path, return the corresponding column name(s).

Throws:

QueryException

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

getType

Type getType()

Get the type of the thing containing the properties