org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi

Interface EntityIdentifierDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition, NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition

public interface EntityIdentifierDefinition

Describes aspects of the identifier for an entity

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()