IdentifierSource (hibernate-core JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

ToolingHintContextContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

CompositeIdentifierSource, IdentifierSourceAggregatedComposite, IdentifierSourceNonAggregatedComposite, IdentifierSourceSimple
```
public interface IdentifierSource
extends ToolingHintContextContainer
```
Contract describing source of identifier information for the entity.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IdentifierGeneratorDefinition`	`getIdentifierGeneratorDescriptor()`	Obtain the identifier generator source.
`EntityIdentifierNature`	`getNature()`	Obtain the nature of this identifier source.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.ToolingHintContextContainer
getToolingHintContext

- Method Detail
  - getNature
```
EntityIdentifierNature getNature()
```
    Obtain the nature of this identifier source.
    
    Returns:
    
    The identifier source's nature.
  - getIdentifierGeneratorDescriptor
```
IdentifierGeneratorDefinition getIdentifierGeneratorDescriptor()
```
    Obtain the identifier generator source.
    
    Returns:
    
    The generator source.
    
    Todo:
    
    this should name a source as well, no? Basically, not sure it should be up to the sources to build binding objects. IdentifierGeneratorSource, possibly as a hierarchy as well to account for differences in "global" versus "local" declarations