org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi

Interface EntityReference

All Superinterfaces:

FetchSource

All Known Subinterfaces:

BidirectionalEntityReference, EntityFetch, EntityReturn

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntityReference, BidirectionalEntityReferenceImpl, CollectionFetchableElementEntityGraph, CollectionFetchableIndexEntityGraph, EntityAttributeFetchImpl, EntityReturnImpl

public interface EntityReference
extends FetchSource

Represents a reference to an entity either as a return, fetch, or collection element or index.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
EntityPersister	getEntityPersister() Retrieves the EntityPersister describing the entity associated with this Return.
EntityIdentifierDescription	getIdentifierDescription() Get the description of this entity's identifier descriptor.
String	getQuerySpaceUid() Obtain the UID of the QuerySpace (specifically a EntityQuerySpace) that this EntityReference refers to.

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

getBidirectionalEntityReferences, getFetches, getPropertyPath, resolveEntityReference

Method Detail

getQuerySpaceUid

String getQuerySpaceUid()

Obtain the UID of the QuerySpace (specifically a EntityQuerySpace) that this EntityReference refers to.

Specified by:

getQuerySpaceUid in interface FetchSource

Returns:

The UID

getEntityPersister

EntityPersister getEntityPersister()

Retrieves the EntityPersister describing the entity associated with this Return.

Returns:

The EntityPersister.

getIdentifierDescription

EntityIdentifierDescription getIdentifierDescription()

Get the description of this entity's identifier descriptor.

Returns:

The identifier description.