PolymorphismType (hibernate-core JavaDocs)

java.lang.Object
- java.lang.Enum<PolymorphismType>
- - org.hibernate.annotations.PolymorphismType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<PolymorphismType>
```
public enum PolymorphismType
extends Enum<PolymorphismType>
```
Type of available polymorphism for a particular entity.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant Description

EXPLICIT
This entity is retrieved only if explicitly asked.

IMPLICIT
This entity is retrieved if any of its super entity are retrieved.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static PolymorphismType`	`valueOf(String name)`	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
`static PolymorphismType[]`	`values()`	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum
clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

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

- Enum Constant Detail
  - IMPLICIT
```
public static final PolymorphismType IMPLICIT
```
    This entity is retrieved if any of its super entity are retrieved. The default,
  - EXPLICIT
```
public static final PolymorphismType EXPLICIT
```
    This entity is retrieved only if explicitly asked.
- Method Detail
  - values
```
public static PolymorphismType[] values()
```
    Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:
    for (PolymorphismType c : PolymorphismType.values()) System.out.println(c);
    Returns:
    
    an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
  - valueOf
```
public static PolymorphismType valueOf(String name)
```
    Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
    
    Returns:
    
    the enum constant with the specified name
    
    Throws:
    
    IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
    
    NullPointerException - if the argument is null