org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.internal.returns

Class AbstractEntityReference

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.internal.returns.AbstractExpandingFetchSource

org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.internal.returns.AbstractEntityReference

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExpandingFetchSource, EntityReference, FetchSource

Direct Known Subclasses:

CollectionFetchableElementEntityGraph, CollectionFetchableIndexEntityGraph, EntityAttributeFetchImpl, EntityReturnImpl

public abstract class AbstractEntityReference
extends AbstractExpandingFetchSource
implements EntityReference

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractEntityReference(ExpandingEntityQuerySpace entityQuerySpace, PropertyPath propertyPath)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected CompositeAttributeFetch	createCompositeAttributeFetch(AttributeDefinition attributeDefinition, ExpandingCompositeQuerySpace compositeQuerySpace)
EntityPersister	getEntityPersister() Retrieves the EntityPersister describing the entity associated with this Return.
EntityIdentifierDescription	getIdentifierDescription() Get the description of this entity's identifier descriptor.
EntityReference	resolveEntityReference() Resolve the "current" EntityReference, or null if none.

Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.internal.returns.AbstractExpandingFetchSource

buildAnyAttributeFetch, buildBidirectionalEntityReference, buildCollectionAttributeFetch, buildCompositeAttributeFetch, buildEntityAttributeFetch, expandingQuerySpace, getBidirectionalEntityReferences, getFetches, getPropertyPath, getQuerySpaces, getQuerySpaceUid

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi.EntityReference

getQuerySpaceUid

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi.FetchSource

getBidirectionalEntityReferences, getFetches, getPropertyPath

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.spi.ExpandingFetchSource

validateFetchPlan

Constructor Detail

AbstractEntityReference

public AbstractEntityReference(ExpandingEntityQuerySpace entityQuerySpace,
                               PropertyPath propertyPath)

Method Detail

resolveEntityReference

public EntityReference resolveEntityReference()

Description copied from interface: FetchSource

Resolve the "current" EntityReference, or null if none. If this object is an EntityReference, then this object is returned; otherwise, if this object is a Fetch, then the nearest EntityReference will be resolved from its source, if possible. If no EntityReference can be resolved, null is return.

Specified by:

resolveEntityReference in interface FetchSource

Returns:

the "current" EntityReference or null if none. .

See Also:

Fetch.getSource().

getEntityPersister

public EntityPersister getEntityPersister()

Description copied from interface: EntityReference

Retrieves the EntityPersister describing the entity associated with this Return.

Specified by:

getEntityPersister in interface EntityReference

Returns:

The EntityPersister.

getIdentifierDescription

public EntityIdentifierDescription getIdentifierDescription()

Description copied from interface: EntityReference

Get the description of this entity's identifier descriptor.

Specified by:

getIdentifierDescription in interface EntityReference

Returns:

The identifier description.

createCompositeAttributeFetch

protected CompositeAttributeFetch createCompositeAttributeFetch(AttributeDefinition attributeDefinition,
                                                                ExpandingCompositeQuerySpace compositeQuerySpace)

Specified by:

createCompositeAttributeFetch in class AbstractExpandingFetchSource