org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi

Interface PluralAttributeMapKeySource

All Superinterfaces:

PluralAttributeIndexSource

All Known Subinterfaces:

PluralAttributeMapKeyManyToAnySource, PluralAttributeMapKeyManyToManySource

public interface PluralAttributeMapKeySource
extends PluralAttributeIndexSource

Describes source information about the key of a persistent map. At high level this broken down further into 2 categories:<ul> <li>PluralAttributeMapKeySourceEntityAttribute</li> <li> <ul> <li>PluralAttributeMapKeySourceBasic</li> <li>PluralAttributeMapKeySourceEmbedded</li> <li>PluralAttributeMapKeyManyToManySource</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p/> PluralAttributeMapKeySourceEntityAttribute is only relevant from annotations when using MapKey.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	PluralAttributeMapKeySource.Nature

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PluralAttributeMapKeySource.Nature	getMapKeyNature()
boolean	isReferencedEntityAttribute() Is this plural attribute index source for an attribute of the referenced entity (relevant only for one-to-many and many-to-many associations)?

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.PluralAttributeIndexSource

getNature, getTypeInformation, getXmlNodeName

Method Detail

getMapKeyNature

PluralAttributeMapKeySource.Nature getMapKeyNature()

isReferencedEntityAttribute

boolean isReferencedEntityAttribute()

Is this plural attribute index source for an attribute of the referenced entity (relevant only for one-to-many and many-to-many associations)?

If this method returns true, then this object can safely be cast to PluralAttributeMapKeySourceEntityAttribute.

Returns:

true, if this plural attribute index source for an attribute of the referenced entity; false, otherwise.