org.hibernate.boot.spi

Interface MetadataBuildingContext

All Known Subinterfaces:

HbmLocalMetadataBuildingContext, LocalMetadataBuildingContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

MappingDocument, MetadataBuildingContextRootImpl

public interface MetadataBuildingContext

Describes the context in which the process of building Metadata out of MetadataSources occurs. BindingContext are generally hierarchical getting more specific as we "go down". E.g. global -> PU -> document -> mapping

Since:

5.0

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetadataBuildingOptions	getBuildingOptions() Access to the options specified by the MetadataBuilder
ClassLoaderAccess	getClassLoaderAccess() Provides access to ClassLoader services when needed during binding
MappingDefaults	getMappingDefaults() Access to mapping defaults in effect for this context
InFlightMetadataCollector	getMetadataCollector() Access to the collector of metadata as we build it.
ObjectNameNormalizer	getObjectNameNormalizer() Not sure how I feel about this exposed here

Method Detail

getBuildingOptions

MetadataBuildingOptions getBuildingOptions()

Access to the options specified by the MetadataBuilder

Returns:

The options

getMappingDefaults

MappingDefaults getMappingDefaults()

Access to mapping defaults in effect for this context

Returns:

The mapping defaults.

getMetadataCollector

InFlightMetadataCollector getMetadataCollector()

Access to the collector of metadata as we build it.

Returns:

The metadata collector.

getClassLoaderAccess

ClassLoaderAccess getClassLoaderAccess()

Provides access to ClassLoader services when needed during binding

Returns:

The ClassLoaderAccess

getObjectNameNormalizer

ObjectNameNormalizer getObjectNameNormalizer()

Not sure how I feel about this exposed here

Returns: