org.hibernate.type
Interface AssociationType

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, Type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnyType, ArrayType, BagType, CollectionType, CustomCollectionType, EntityType, IdentifierBagType, ListType, ManyToOneType, MapType, OneToOneType, OrderedMapType, OrderedSetType, SetType, SortedMapType, SortedSetType, SpecialOneToOneType

public interface AssociationType
extends Type

A type that represents some kind of association between entities.

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

Cascade

Method Summary

String	getAssociatedEntityName(SessionFactoryImplementor factory) Get the entity name of the associated entity
Joinable	getAssociatedJoinable(SessionFactoryImplementor factory) Get the "persister" for this association - a class or collection persister
ForeignKeyDirection	getForeignKeyDirection() Get the foreign key directionality of this association
String	getLHSPropertyName() Get the name of a property in the owning entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier)
String	getOnCondition(String alias, SessionFactoryImplementor factory, Map enabledFilters) Get the "filtering" SQL fragment that is applied in the SQL on clause, in addition to the usual join condition
String	getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName() The name of a unique property of the associated entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier of an entity, or key of a collection)
boolean	isAlwaysDirtyChecked() Do we dirty check this association, even when there are no columns to be updated?
boolean	isEmbeddedInXML()
boolean	useLHSPrimaryKey() Is the primary key of the owning entity table to be used in the join?

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.Type

assemble, beforeAssemble, compare, deepCopy, disassemble, fromXMLNode, getColumnSpan, getHashCode, getHashCode, getName, getReturnedClass, getSemiResolvedType, hydrate, isAnyType, isAssociationType, isCollectionType, isComponentType, isDirty, isDirty, isEntityType, isEqual, isEqual, isModified, isMutable, isSame, isXMLElement, nullSafeGet, nullSafeGet, nullSafeSet, nullSafeSet, replace, replace, resolve, semiResolve, setToXMLNode, sqlTypes, toColumnNullness, toLoggableString

Method Detail

getForeignKeyDirection

ForeignKeyDirection getForeignKeyDirection()

Get the foreign key directionality of this association

useLHSPrimaryKey

boolean useLHSPrimaryKey()

Is the primary key of the owning entity table to be used in the join?

getLHSPropertyName

String getLHSPropertyName()

Get the name of a property in the owning entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier)

getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName

String getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName()

The name of a unique property of the associated entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier of an entity, or key of a collection)

getAssociatedJoinable

Joinable getAssociatedJoinable(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
                               throws MappingException

Get the "persister" for this association - a class or collection persister

Throws:

MappingException

getAssociatedEntityName

String getAssociatedEntityName(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
                               throws MappingException

Get the entity name of the associated entity

Throws:

MappingException

getOnCondition

String getOnCondition(String alias,
                      SessionFactoryImplementor factory,
                      Map enabledFilters)
                      throws MappingException

Get the "filtering" SQL fragment that is applied in the SQL on clause, in addition to the usual join condition

Throws:

MappingException

isAlwaysDirtyChecked

boolean isAlwaysDirtyChecked()

Do we dirty check this association, even when there are no columns to be updated?

isEmbeddedInXML

boolean isEmbeddedInXML()