CascadeStyle (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CascadeStyles.BaseCascadeStyle, CascadeStyles.MultipleCascadeStyle
```
public interface CascadeStyle
extends java.io.Serializable
```
A contract for defining the aspects of cascading various persistence actions.

See Also:

CascadingAction

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`doCascade(CascadingAction action)`	For this style, should the given action be cascaded?
`boolean`	`hasOrphanDelete()`	Do we need to delete orphaned collection elements?
`boolean`	`reallyDoCascade(CascadingAction action)`	Probably more aptly named something like doCascadeToCollectionElements(); it is however used from both the collection and to-one logic branches...

- Method Detail
  - doCascade
```
boolean doCascade(CascadingAction action)
```
    For this style, should the given action be cascaded?
    
    Parameters:
    
    action - The action to be checked for cascade-ability.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the action should be cascaded under this style; false otherwise.
  - reallyDoCascade
```
boolean reallyDoCascade(CascadingAction action)
```
    Probably more aptly named something like doCascadeToCollectionElements(); it is however used from both the collection and to-one logic branches...
    For this style, should the given action really be cascaded? The default implementation is simply to return doCascade(org.hibernate.engine.spi.CascadingAction); for certain styles (currently only delete-orphan), however, we need to be able to control this separately.
    
    Parameters:
    
    action - The action to be checked for cascade-ability.
    
    Returns:
    
    True if the action should be really cascaded under this style; false otherwise.
  - hasOrphanDelete
```
boolean hasOrphanDelete()
```
    Do we need to delete orphaned collection elements?
    
    Returns:
    
    True if this style need to account for orphan delete operations; false otherwise.