org.hibernate.jpa.criteria

Interface PathSource<X>

All Superinterfaces:

Expression<X>, Path<X>, Selection<X>, TupleElement<X>

All Known Subinterfaces:

CollectionJoinImplementor<Z,X>, FromImplementor<Z,X>, JoinImplementor<Z,X>, ListJoinImplementor<Z,X>, MapJoinImplementor<Z,K,V>, PathImplementor<X>, SetJoinImplementor<Z,X>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFromImpl, AbstractJoinImpl, AbstractPathImpl, CollectionAttributeJoin, CollectionAttributeJoin.TreatedCollectionAttributeJoin, ListAttributeJoin, ListAttributeJoin.TreatedListAttributeJoin, MapAttributeJoin, MapAttributeJoin.TreatedMapAttributeJoin, MapKeyHelpers.MapKeyPath, MapKeyHelpers.MapKeySource, PluralAttributeJoinSupport, PluralAttributePath, RootImpl, RootImpl.TreatedRoot, SetAttributeJoin, SetAttributeJoin.TreatedSetAttributeJoin, SingularAttributeJoin, SingularAttributeJoin.TreatedSingularAttributeJoin, SingularAttributePath, SingularAttributePath.TreatedSingularAttributePath

public interface PathSource<X>
extends Path<X>

Implementation contract for things which can be the source (parent, left-hand-side, etc) of a path

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getPathIdentifier() Get the string representation of this path as a navigation from one of the queries identification variables
void	prepareAlias(RenderingContext renderingContext)

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.criteria.Path

get, get, get, get, getModel, getParentPath, type

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.criteria.Expression

as, in, in, in, in, isNotNull, isNull

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.criteria.Selection

alias, getCompoundSelectionItems, isCompoundSelection

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.TupleElement

getAlias, getJavaType

Method Detail

prepareAlias

void prepareAlias(RenderingContext renderingContext)

getPathIdentifier

String getPathIdentifier()

Get the string representation of this path as a navigation from one of the queries identification variables

Returns:

The path's identifier.