JoinAwarePersistentEntity (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DiscriminatorPersistentEntity, RootPersistentEntity
```
public interface JoinAwarePersistentEntity
```
Contract for entity mappings that support secondary table joins.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addJoin(Join join)`	Add a secondary table join to the entity mapping.
`List<Join>`	`getJoins()`	Get an unmodifiable list of joins associated with entity mapping.

- Method Detail
  - getJoins
```
List<Join> getJoins()
```
    Get an unmodifiable list of joins associated with entity mapping.
    
    Returns:
    
    list of joins
  - addJoin
```
void addJoin(Join join)
```
    Add a secondary table join to the entity mapping.
    
    Parameters:
    
    join - the secondary table join, should never be null