org.hibernate.persister.entity
Interface PropertyMapping

All Known Subinterfaces:

Queryable, QueryableCollection, SQLLoadableCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionPersister, AbstractEntityPersister, AbstractPropertyMapping, CollectionPropertyMapping, ElementPropertyMapping

public interface PropertyMapping

Abstraction of all mappings that define properties: entities, collection elements.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Type	getType() Get the type of the thing containing the properties
String[]	toColumns(String propertyName) Given a property path, return the corresponding column name(s).
String[]	toColumns(String alias, String propertyName) Given a query alias and a property path, return the qualified column name
Type	toType(String propertyName) Given a component path expression, get the type of the property

Method Detail

toType

public Type toType(String propertyName)
            throws QueryException

Given a component path expression, get the type of the property

Throws:

QueryException

toColumns

public String[] toColumns(String alias,
                          String propertyName)
                   throws QueryException

Given a query alias and a property path, return the qualified column name

Throws:

QueryException

toColumns

public String[] toColumns(String propertyName)
                   throws QueryException,
                          UnsupportedOperationException

Given a property path, return the corresponding column name(s).

Throws:

QueryException

UnsupportedOperationException

getType

public Type getType()

Get the type of the thing containing the properties