org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection

Interface XMember

All Superinterfaces:

XAnnotatedElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

XMethod, XProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

DynamicProperty, JavaXMember, JavaXMethod

public interface XMember
extends XAnnotatedElement

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
XClass	getClassOrElementClass() The type of this property's elements for arrays, the type of the property itself for everything else.
Class<? extends Collection>	getCollectionClass() The collection class for collections, null for others.
XClass	getDeclaringClass() Retrieve the XClass reference for the class which declares this member.
XClass	getElementClass() This property's type for simple properties, the type of its elements for arrays and collections.
XClass	getMapKey() The type of this map's key, or null for anything that is not a map.
int	getModifiers() Same modifiers as java.lang.Member#getModifiers()
String	getName()
XClass	getType() This property's XClass.
Object	invoke(Object target) Invoke the method with no parameters.
Object	invoke(Object target, Object... parameters)
boolean	isArray()
boolean	isCollection()
boolean	isTypeResolved()
void	setAccessible(boolean accessible)

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XAnnotatedElement

equals, getAnnotation, getAnnotations, isAnnotationPresent

Method Detail

getDeclaringClass

XClass getDeclaringClass()

Retrieve the XClass reference for the class which declares this member.

Returns:

The XClass representing the declaring class of the underlying member

getName

String getName()

isCollection

boolean isCollection()

isArray

boolean isArray()

getCollectionClass

Class<? extends Collection> getCollectionClass()

The collection class for collections, null for others.

getType

XClass getType()

This property's XClass.

getElementClass

XClass getElementClass()

This property's type for simple properties, the type of its elements for arrays and collections.

getClassOrElementClass

XClass getClassOrElementClass()

The type of this property's elements for arrays, the type of the property itself for everything else.

getMapKey

XClass getMapKey()

The type of this map's key, or null for anything that is not a map.

getModifiers

int getModifiers()

Same modifiers as java.lang.Member#getModifiers()

setAccessible

void setAccessible(boolean accessible)

invoke

Object invoke(Object target,
              Object... parameters)

invoke

Object invoke(Object target)

Invoke the method with no parameters. Same as invoke(Object, Object...).

Parameters:

target -

Returns:

isTypeResolved

boolean isTypeResolved()