org.hibernate.mapping
Interface Value

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

KeyValue

All Known Implementing Classes:

Collection, OneToMany, SimpleValue

public interface Value

extends Serializable

A value is anything that is persisted by value, instead of by reference. It is essentially a Hibernate Type, together with zero or more columns. Values are wrapped by things with higher level semantics, for example properties, collections, classes.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Object	accept(ValueVisitor visitor)
void	createForeignKey()
boolean[]	getColumnInsertability()
Iterator	getColumnIterator()
int	getColumnSpan()
boolean[]	getColumnUpdateability()
FetchMode	getFetchMode()
Table	getTable()
Type	getType()
boolean	hasFormula()
boolean	isAlternateUniqueKey()
boolean	isNullable()
boolean	isSimpleValue()
boolean	isValid(Mapping mapping)
void	setTypeUsingReflection(String className, String propertyName)

Method Detail

getColumnSpan

public int getColumnSpan()

getColumnIterator

public Iterator getColumnIterator()

getType

public Type getType()
             throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

getFetchMode

public FetchMode getFetchMode()

getTable

public Table getTable()

hasFormula

public boolean hasFormula()

isAlternateUniqueKey

public boolean isAlternateUniqueKey()

isNullable

public boolean isNullable()

getColumnUpdateability

public boolean[] getColumnUpdateability()

getColumnInsertability

public boolean[] getColumnInsertability()

createForeignKey

public void createForeignKey()
                      throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

isSimpleValue

public boolean isSimpleValue()

isValid

public boolean isValid(Mapping mapping)
                throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

setTypeUsingReflection

public void setTypeUsingReflection(String className,
                                   String propertyName)
                            throws MappingException

Throws:

MappingException

accept

public Object accept(ValueVisitor visitor)