Package org.hibernate.property.access.spi

Interface Getter

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChainedPropertyAccessImpl, GetterFieldImpl, GetterMethodImpl, PropertyAccessCompositeUserTypeImpl, PropertyAccessMapImpl.GetterImpl

public interface Getter
extends Serializable

The contract for getting the value of a persistent attribute from its container/owner.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@Nullable Object	get(Object owner)	Get the property value from the given owner instance.
@Nullable Object	getForInsert(Object owner, Map mergeMap, SharedSessionContractImplementor session)	Get the property value from the given owner instance.
@Nullable Member	getMember()	Retrieve the member to which this property maps.
@Nullable Method	getMethod()	Retrieve the getter-method.
@Nullable String	getMethodName()	Retrieve the getter-method name.
Type	getReturnType()	Retrieve the declared Java type
Class<?>	getReturnTypeClass()	Retrieve the declared Java type class

Method Detail

get

@Nullable Object get(Object owner)

Get the property value from the given owner instance.

Parameters:

owner - The instance containing the property value to be retrieved.

Returns:

The extracted value.

getForInsert

@Nullable Object getForInsert(Object owner,
                              Map mergeMap,
                              SharedSessionContractImplementor session)

Get the property value from the given owner instance.

Parameters:

owner - The instance containing the value to be retrieved.

mergeMap - a map of merged persistent instances to detached instances

session - The session from which this request originated.

Returns:

The extracted value.

getReturnTypeClass

Class<?> getReturnTypeClass()

Retrieve the declared Java type class

Returns:

The declared java type class.

getReturnType

Type getReturnType()

Retrieve the declared Java type

Returns:

The declared java type.

getMember

@Nullable Member getMember()

Retrieve the member to which this property maps. This might be the field or it might be the getter method.

Optional operation (may return null)

Returns:

The mapped member, or null.

getMethodName

@Nullable String getMethodName()

Retrieve the getter-method name.

Optional operation (may return null)

Returns:

The name of the getter method, or null.

getMethod

@Nullable Method getMethod()

Retrieve the getter-method.

Optional operation (may return null)

Returns:

The getter method, or null.