org.hibernate.metamodel.relational

Interface Exportable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AuxiliaryDatabaseObject, Constraint

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuxiliaryDatabaseObject, AbstractConstraint, BasicAuxiliaryDatabaseObjectImpl, ForeignKey, Index, PrimaryKey, Sequence, Table, UniqueKey

public interface Exportable

Contract for entities (in the ERD sense) which can be exported via CREATE, ALTER, etc

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getExportIdentifier() Get a unique identifier to make sure we are not exporting the same database structure multiple times.
String[]	sqlCreateStrings(Dialect dialect) Gets the SQL strings for creating the database object.
String[]	sqlDropStrings(Dialect dialect) Gets the SQL strings for dropping the database object.

Method Detail

getExportIdentifier

String getExportIdentifier()

Get a unique identifier to make sure we are not exporting the same database structure multiple times.

Returns:

The exporting identifier.

sqlCreateStrings

String[] sqlCreateStrings(Dialect dialect)

Gets the SQL strings for creating the database object.

Parameters:

dialect - The dialect for which to generate the SQL creation strings

Returns:

the SQL strings for creating the database object.

sqlDropStrings

String[] sqlDropStrings(Dialect dialect)

Gets the SQL strings for dropping the database object.

Parameters:

dialect - The dialect for which to generate the SQL drop strings

Returns:

the SQL strings for dropping the database object.