CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy.AttributeInformation (Hibernate Javadocs)

Enclosing interface:

CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy
```
public static interface CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy.AttributeInformation
```
Provides CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy.AttributeChecker with meta information about the attributes being checked.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`int`	`getAttributeIndex()`	Many of Hibernate internals use arrays to define information about attributes.
`EntityPersister`	`getContainingPersister()`	Get a reference to the persister for the entity containing this attribute.
`Object`	`getCurrentValue()`	Get the current value of this attribute.
`Object`	`getLoadedValue()`	Get the loaded value of this attribute.
`String`	`getName()`	Get the name of this attribute.
`Type`	`getType()`	Get the mapping type of this attribute.

- Method Detail
  - getContainingPersister
```
EntityPersister getContainingPersister()
```
    Get a reference to the persister for the entity containing this attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    The entity persister.
  - getAttributeIndex
```
int getAttributeIndex()
```
    Many of Hibernate internals use arrays to define information about attributes. This value provides this index into those arrays for this particular attribute.
    It can be useful if needing to leverage those Hibernate internals.
    
    Returns:
    
    The attribute index.
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Get the name of this attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    The attribute name
  - getType
```
Type getType()
```
    Get the mapping type of this attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    The mapping type.
  - getCurrentValue
```
Object getCurrentValue()
```
    Get the current value of this attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    The attributes current value
  - getLoadedValue
```
Object getLoadedValue()
```
    Get the loaded value of this attribute.
    NOTE : A call to this method may require hitting the database in cases where the loaded state is not known. In those cases the db hit is incurred only once per entity, not for each attribute.
    
    Returns:
    
    The attributes loaded value