org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi

Interface EntityIdentifierDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition, NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition

public interface EntityIdentifierDefinition

Describes aspects of the identifier for an entity

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
EntityDefinition	getEntityDefinition()
boolean	isEncapsulated() Is the entity identifier encapsulated? Meaning, is it represented by a single attribute?

Method Detail

isEncapsulated

boolean isEncapsulated()

Is the entity identifier encapsulated? Meaning, is it represented by a single attribute?

Returns:

true indicates the identifier is encapsulated (and therefore this is castable to EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition); false means it is not encapsulated (and therefore castable to NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition).

getEntityDefinition

EntityDefinition getEntityDefinition()