All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuildingOptions, MetadataBuilderImpl.MetadataBuildingOptionsImpl
```
public interface MetadataBuildingOptions
```
Describes the options used while building the Metadata object (during MetadataBuilder.build() processing).

Since:

5.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`createImplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance()`	Whether we should do discrimination implicitly joined subclass style inheritance when no discriminator info is provided.
`List<BasicTypeRegistration>`	`getBasicTypeRegistrations()`	Access the list of BasicType registrations.
`ColumnOrderingStrategy`	`getColumnOrderingStrategy()`
`TimeZoneStorageStrategy`	`getDefaultTimeZoneStorage()`
`IdentifierGeneratorFactory`	`getIdentifierGeneratorFactory()`
`IdGeneratorStrategyInterpreter`	`getIdGenerationTypeInterpreter()`
`AccessType`	`getImplicitCacheAccessType()`	Access to any implicit cache AccessType.
`ImplicitNamingStrategy`	`getImplicitNamingStrategy()`
`default ManagedTypeRepresentationResolver`	`getManagedTypeRepresentationResolver()`
`MappingDefaults`	`getMappingDefaults()`	Access to the mapping defaults.
`default CollectionSemanticsResolver`	`getPersistentCollectionRepresentationResolver()`
`PhysicalNamingStrategy`	`getPhysicalNamingStrategy()`
`default String`	`getSchemaCharset()`
`StandardServiceRegistry`	`getServiceRegistry()`	Access to the service registry.
`jakarta.persistence.SharedCacheMode`	`getSharedCacheMode()`	Access to the SharedCacheMode for determining whether we should perform second level caching or not.
`List<MetadataSourceType>`	`getSourceProcessOrdering()`	Retrieve the ordering in which sources should be processed.
`TimeZoneSupport`	`getTimeZoneSupport()`
`TypeConfiguration`	`getTypeConfiguration()`
`boolean`	`ignoreExplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance()`	Whether explicit discriminator declarations should be ignored for joined subclass style inheritance.
`boolean`	`isMultiTenancyEnabled()`	Access to the MultiTenancyStrategy for this environment.
`boolean`	`isNoConstraintByDefault()`	Should we create constraint by default?
`boolean`	`isSpecjProprietarySyntaxEnabled()`
`default boolean`	`isXmlMappingEnabled()`
`boolean`	`shouldImplicitlyForceDiscriminatorInSelect()`	Whether we should implicitly force discriminators into SQL selects.
`boolean`	`useNationalizedCharacterData()`	Should we use nationalized variants of character data (e.g.

- Method Detail
  - getServiceRegistry
```
StandardServiceRegistry getServiceRegistry()
```
    Access to the service registry.
    
    Returns:
    
    The service registry
  - getMappingDefaults
```
MappingDefaults getMappingDefaults()
```
    Access to the mapping defaults.
    
    Returns:
    
    The mapping defaults
  - getIdentifierGeneratorFactory
```
IdentifierGeneratorFactory getIdentifierGeneratorFactory()
```
  - getDefaultTimeZoneStorage
```
TimeZoneStorageStrategy getDefaultTimeZoneStorage()
```
  - getTimeZoneSupport
```
TimeZoneSupport getTimeZoneSupport()
```
  - getManagedTypeRepresentationResolver
```
default ManagedTypeRepresentationResolver getManagedTypeRepresentationResolver()
```
  - getPersistentCollectionRepresentationResolver
```
default CollectionSemanticsResolver getPersistentCollectionRepresentationResolver()
```
  - getBasicTypeRegistrations
```
List<BasicTypeRegistration> getBasicTypeRegistrations()
```
    Access the list of BasicType registrations. These are the BasicTypes explicitly registered via calls to:
    
    MetadataBuilder.applyBasicType(org.hibernate.type.BasicType)
    
    MetadataBuilder.applyBasicType(org.hibernate.type.BasicType, String[])
    
    MetadataBuilder.applyBasicType(org.hibernate.usertype.UserType, String[])
    Returns:
    
    The BasicType registrations
  - getImplicitNamingStrategy
```
ImplicitNamingStrategy getImplicitNamingStrategy()
```
  - getPhysicalNamingStrategy
```
PhysicalNamingStrategy getPhysicalNamingStrategy()
```
  - getColumnOrderingStrategy
```
ColumnOrderingStrategy getColumnOrderingStrategy()
```
  - getSharedCacheMode
```
jakarta.persistence.SharedCacheMode getSharedCacheMode()
```
    Access to the SharedCacheMode for determining whether we should perform second level caching or not.
    
    Returns:
    
    The SharedCacheMode
  - getImplicitCacheAccessType
```
AccessType getImplicitCacheAccessType()
```
    Access to any implicit cache AccessType.
    
    Returns:
    
    The implicit cache AccessType
  - isMultiTenancyEnabled
```
boolean isMultiTenancyEnabled()
```
    Access to the MultiTenancyStrategy for this environment.
    
    Returns:
    
    The MultiTenancyStrategy
  - getIdGenerationTypeInterpreter
```
IdGeneratorStrategyInterpreter getIdGenerationTypeInterpreter()
```
  - getTypeConfiguration
```
TypeConfiguration getTypeConfiguration()
```
  - ignoreExplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance
```
boolean ignoreExplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance()
```
    Whether explicit discriminator declarations should be ignored for joined subclass style inheritance.
    
    Returns:
    
    true indicates they should be ignored; false indicates they should not be ignored.
    
    See Also:
    
    MetadataBuilder.enableExplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedSubclassSupport(boolean), AvailableSettings.IGNORE_EXPLICIT_DISCRIMINATOR_COLUMNS_FOR_JOINED_SUBCLASS
  - createImplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance
```
boolean createImplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance()
```
    Whether we should do discrimination implicitly joined subclass style inheritance when no discriminator info is provided.
    
    Returns:
    
    true indicates we should do discrimination; false we should not.
    
    See Also:
    
    MetadataBuilder.enableImplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedSubclassSupport(boolean), AvailableSettings.IMPLICIT_DISCRIMINATOR_COLUMNS_FOR_JOINED_SUBCLASS
  - shouldImplicitlyForceDiscriminatorInSelect
```
boolean shouldImplicitlyForceDiscriminatorInSelect()
```
    Whether we should implicitly force discriminators into SQL selects. By default, Hibernate will not. This can be specified per discriminator in the mapping as well.
    
    Returns:
    
    true indicates we should force the discriminator in selects for any mappings which do not say explicitly.
    
    See Also:
    
    AvailableSettings.FORCE_DISCRIMINATOR_IN_SELECTS_BY_DEFAULT
  - useNationalizedCharacterData
```
boolean useNationalizedCharacterData()
```
    Should we use nationalized variants of character data (e.g. NVARCHAR rather than VARCHAR) by default?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if nationalized character data should be used by default; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    MetadataBuilder.enableGlobalNationalizedCharacterDataSupport(boolean), AvailableSettings.USE_NATIONALIZED_CHARACTER_DATA
  - isSpecjProprietarySyntaxEnabled
```
boolean isSpecjProprietarySyntaxEnabled()
```
  - isNoConstraintByDefault
```
boolean isNoConstraintByDefault()
```
    Should we create constraint by default?
    
    Returns:
    
    true if not create constraint by default; false otherwise.
    
    See Also:
    
    ConstraintMode.PROVIDER_DEFAULT, AvailableSettings.HBM2DDL_DEFAULT_CONSTRAINT_MODE
  - getSourceProcessOrdering
```
List<MetadataSourceType> getSourceProcessOrdering()
```
    Retrieve the ordering in which sources should be processed.
    
    Returns:
    
    The order in which sources should be processed.
  - getSchemaCharset
```
default String getSchemaCharset()
```
  - isXmlMappingEnabled
```
default boolean isXmlMappingEnabled()
```

Interface MetadataBuildingOptions

Method Summary

Method Detail

getServiceRegistry

getMappingDefaults

getIdentifierGeneratorFactory

getDefaultTimeZoneStorage

getTimeZoneSupport

getManagedTypeRepresentationResolver

getPersistentCollectionRepresentationResolver

getBasicTypeRegistrations

getImplicitNamingStrategy

getPhysicalNamingStrategy

getColumnOrderingStrategy

getSharedCacheMode

getImplicitCacheAccessType

isMultiTenancyEnabled

getIdGenerationTypeInterpreter

getTypeConfiguration

ignoreExplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance

createImplicitDiscriminatorsForJoinedInheritance

shouldImplicitlyForceDiscriminatorInSelect

useNationalizedCharacterData

isSpecjProprietarySyntaxEnabled

isNoConstraintByDefault

getSourceProcessOrdering

getSchemaCharset

isXmlMappingEnabled