EntityIdentifierDefinition (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Known Subinterfaces:

EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition, NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition
```
public interface EntityIdentifierDefinition
```
Describes aspects of the identifier for an entity

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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()
```