org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi

Enum InheritanceType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<InheritanceType>

org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.InheritanceType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<InheritanceType>

public enum InheritanceType
extends Enum<InheritanceType>

The inheritance type for a given entity hierarchy

Author:

Hardy Ferentschik, Steve Ebersole

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
DISCRIMINATED
JOINED
NO_INHERITANCE
UNION

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static InheritanceType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static InheritanceType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

NO_INHERITANCE

public static final InheritanceType NO_INHERITANCE

DISCRIMINATED

public static final InheritanceType DISCRIMINATED

JOINED

public static final InheritanceType JOINED

UNION

public static final InheritanceType UNION

Method Detail

values

public static InheritanceType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (InheritanceType c : InheritanceType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static InheritanceType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null