CompositeIdentifierSource (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

EmbeddableSourceContributor, IdentifierSource, ToolingHintContextContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

IdentifierSourceAggregatedComposite, IdentifierSourceNonAggregatedComposite
```
public interface CompositeIdentifierSource
extends IdentifierSource, EmbeddableSourceContributor
```
Common contract for composite identifiers. Specific sub-types include aggregated (think EmbeddedId) and non-aggregated (think IdClass).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IdentifierGeneratorDefinition`	`getIndividualAttributeIdGenerator(String identifierAttributeName)`	Handle silly SpecJ reading of the JPA spec.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.EmbeddableSourceContributor
getEmbeddableSource

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.IdentifierSource
getIdentifierGeneratorDescriptor, getNature

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.ToolingHintContextContainer
getToolingHintContext

- Method Detail
  - getIndividualAttributeIdGenerator
```
IdentifierGeneratorDefinition getIndividualAttributeIdGenerator(String identifierAttributeName)
```
    Handle silly SpecJ reading of the JPA spec. They believe composite identifiers should have "partial generation" capabilities.
    
    Parameters:
    
    identifierAttributeName - The name of the individual attribute within the composite identifier.
    
    Returns:
    
    The generator for the named attribute (within the composite).