org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi

Interface EntityIdentifierDescription

All Known Subinterfaces:

ExpandingEntityIdentifierDescription

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCompositeEntityIdentifierDescription, EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDescription, NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDescription, SimpleEntityIdentifierDescriptionImpl

public interface EntityIdentifierDescription

Descriptor for the identifier of an entity as a FetchSource (which allows for key-many-to-one handling).

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	hasBidirectionalEntityReferences() Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any bidirectional entity references?
boolean	hasFetches() Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any fetches?

Method Detail

hasFetches

boolean hasFetches()

Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any fetches?

Returns:

true iff this can be cast to FetchSource and (after casting) it returns non-empty results for FetchSource.getFetches()

hasBidirectionalEntityReferences

boolean hasBidirectionalEntityReferences()

Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any bidirectional entity references?

Returns:

true iff this can be cast to FetchSource and (after casting) it returns non-empty results for FetchSource.getBidirectionalEntityReferences()