org.hibernate.boot.model.naming

Interface EntityNaming

All Known Subinterfaces:

EntityNamingSource

public interface EntityNaming

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getClassName() Retrieve the fully-qualified entity class name.
String	getEntityName() The Hibernate entity name.
String	getJpaEntityName() The JPA-specific entity name.

Method Detail

getClassName

String getClassName()

Retrieve the fully-qualified entity class name. Note that for dynamic entities, this may return (what???). todo : what should this return for dynamic entities? null? The entity name?

Returns:

The entity class name.

getEntityName

String getEntityName()

The Hibernate entity name. This might be either:

• The explicitly specified entity name, if one
• The unqualified entity class name if no entity name was explicitly specified

Returns:

The Hibernate entity name

getJpaEntityName

String getJpaEntityName()

The JPA-specific entity name. See Entity.name() for details.

Returns:

The JPA entity name, if one was specified. May return null if one was not explicitly specified.