Package org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi

Interface CollectionElementDefinition

public interface CollectionElementDefinition

Represents a collection element.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CollectionDefinition	getCollectionDefinition()	Returns the collection definition.
Type	getType()	Returns the collection element type.
AnyMappingDefinition	toAnyMappingDefinition()	If the element type returned by getType() is an AnyType, then the any mapping definition for the collection element is returned; otherwise, IllegalStateException is thrown.
CompositeCollectionElementDefinition	toCompositeElementDefinition()	If the element type returned by getType() is a CompositeType, then the composite element definition for the collection element is returned; otherwise, IllegalStateException is thrown.
EntityDefinition	toEntityDefinition()	If the element type returned by getType() is an EntityType, then the entity definition for the collection element is returned; otherwise, IllegalStateException is thrown.

Method Detail

getCollectionDefinition

CollectionDefinition getCollectionDefinition()

Returns the collection definition.

Returns:

the collection definition.

getType

Type getType()

Returns the collection element type.

Returns:

the collection element type

toAnyMappingDefinition

AnyMappingDefinition toAnyMappingDefinition()

If the element type returned by getType() is an AnyType, then the any mapping definition for the collection element is returned; otherwise, IllegalStateException is thrown.

Returns:

the any mapping definition for the collection element.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the collection element type returned by getType() is not of type AnyType.

toEntityDefinition

EntityDefinition toEntityDefinition()

If the element type returned by getType() is an EntityType, then the entity definition for the collection element is returned; otherwise, IllegalStateException is thrown.

Returns:

the entity definition for the collection element.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the collection element type returned by getType() is not of type EntityType.

toCompositeElementDefinition

CompositeCollectionElementDefinition toCompositeElementDefinition()

If the element type returned by getType() is a CompositeType, then the composite element definition for the collection element is returned; otherwise, IllegalStateException is thrown.

Returns:

the composite element definition for the collection element.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the collection element type returned by getType() is not of type CompositeType.