Orderable (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Known Subinterfaces:

PluralAttributeElementSourceManyToMany

All Known Implementing Classes:

PluralAttributeElementSourceManyToManyImpl, PluralAttributeSourceBagImpl, PluralAttributeSourceIdBagImpl, PluralAttributeSourceSetImpl
```
public interface Orderable
```
Contact to define if a plural attribute source is orderable or not.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getOrder()`	The order by clause used during loading this plural attribute.
`boolean`	`isOrdered()`	If the source of plural attribute is supposed to be applied the `ORDER BY` when loading.

- Method Detail
  - isOrdered
```
boolean isOrdered()
```
    If the source of plural attribute is supposed to be applied the ORDER BY when loading.
    
    Returns:
    
    true indicates to apply the ORDER BY; false means not.
  - getOrder
```
String getOrder()
```
    The order by clause used during loading this plural attribute.
    If the ordering element is not specified, ordering by the primary key of the associated entity is assumed
    
    Returns:
    
    The ORDER BY fragment used during loading this plural attribute from DB.
    
    See Also:
    
    OrderBy.value()