org.hibernate.metamodel.binding

Interface AttributeBinding

All Known Subinterfaces:

AssociationAttributeBinding, KeyValueBinding, PluralAttributeBinding, SingularAssociationAttributeBinding, SingularAttributeBinding

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAttributeBinding, AbstractPluralAttributeBinding, AbstractSingularAttributeBinding, BagBinding, BasicAttributeBinding, ComponentAttributeBinding, ManyToOneAttributeBinding, SetBinding

public interface AttributeBinding

The basic contract for binding a attribute from the domain model to the relational model.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addEntityReferencingAttributeBinding(SingularAssociationAttributeBinding attributeBinding)
Attribute	getAttribute() Obtain the attribute bound.
AttributeBindingContainer	getContainer() Obtain the entity binding to which this attribute binding exists.
Set<SingularAssociationAttributeBinding>	getEntityReferencingAttributeBindings()
HibernateTypeDescriptor	getHibernateTypeDescriptor() Obtain the descriptor for the Hibernate Type for this binding.
MetaAttributeContext	getMetaAttributeContext() Obtain the meta attributes associated with this binding
String	getPropertyAccessorName()
boolean	isAlternateUniqueKey()
boolean	isAssociation()
boolean	isBasicPropertyAccessor()
boolean	isIncludedInOptimisticLocking()
boolean	isLazy()
void	setIncludedInOptimisticLocking(boolean includedInOptimisticLocking)
void	setPropertyAccessorName(String propertyAccessorName)
void	validate()

Method Detail

getContainer

AttributeBindingContainer getContainer()

Obtain the entity binding to which this attribute binding exists.

Returns:

The entity binding.

getAttribute

Attribute getAttribute()

Obtain the attribute bound.

Returns:

The attribute.

getHibernateTypeDescriptor

HibernateTypeDescriptor getHibernateTypeDescriptor()

Obtain the descriptor for the Hibernate Type for this binding.

For information about the Java type, query the Attribute obtained from getAttribute() instead.

Returns:

The type descriptor

isAssociation

boolean isAssociation()

isBasicPropertyAccessor

boolean isBasicPropertyAccessor()

getPropertyAccessorName

String getPropertyAccessorName()

setPropertyAccessorName

void setPropertyAccessorName(String propertyAccessorName)

isIncludedInOptimisticLocking

boolean isIncludedInOptimisticLocking()

setIncludedInOptimisticLocking

void setIncludedInOptimisticLocking(boolean includedInOptimisticLocking)

getMetaAttributeContext

MetaAttributeContext getMetaAttributeContext()

Obtain the meta attributes associated with this binding

Returns:

The meta attributes

isAlternateUniqueKey

boolean isAlternateUniqueKey()

isLazy

boolean isLazy()

addEntityReferencingAttributeBinding

void addEntityReferencingAttributeBinding(SingularAssociationAttributeBinding attributeBinding)

getEntityReferencingAttributeBindings

Set<SingularAssociationAttributeBinding> getEntityReferencingAttributeBindings()

validate

void validate()