org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi

Interface Orderable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PluralAttributeElementSourceManyToMany

public interface Orderable

Contact to define if a plural attribute source is orderable or not.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getOrder() The order by clause used during loading this plural attribute.
boolean	isOrdered() If the source of plural attribute is supposed to be applied the ORDER BY when loading.

Method Detail

isOrdered

boolean isOrdered()

If the source of plural attribute is supposed to be applied the ORDER BY when loading.

Returns:

true indicates to apply the ORDER BY; false means not.

getOrder

String getOrder()

The order by clause used during loading this plural attribute.

<p/> If the ordering element is not specified, ordering by the primary key of the associated entity is assumed

OrderBy.value()

Returns:

The ORDER BY fragment used during loading this plural attribute from DB.