AssociationType (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, Type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnyType, ArrayType, BagType, CollectionType, CustomCollectionType, EntityType, IdentifierBagType, ListType, ManyToOneType, MapType, OneToOneType, OrderedMapType, OrderedSetType, SetType, SortedMapType, SortedSetType, SpecialOneToOneType
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public interface AssociationType
extends Type
```
A type that represents some kind of association between entities.

See Also:

Cascade

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getAssociatedEntityName(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)`	Get the entity name of the associated entity
`Joinable`	`getAssociatedJoinable(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)`	Get the "persister" for this association - a class or collection persister
`ForeignKeyDirection`	`getForeignKeyDirection()`	Get the foreign key directionality of this association
`String`	`getLHSPropertyName()`	Get the name of a property in the owning entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier)
`String`	`getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName()`	The name of a unique property of the associated entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier of an entity, or key of a collection)
`boolean`	`isAlwaysDirtyChecked()`	Do we dirty check this association, even when there are no columns to be updated?
`boolean`	`useLHSPrimaryKey()`	Is the primary key of the owning entity table to be used in the join?

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.Type
assemble, beforeAssemble, compare, compare, deepCopy, disassemble, disassemble, getColumnSpan, getHashCode, getHashCode, getName, getReturnedClass, getReturnedClassName, getSqlTypeCodes, getTypeForEqualsHashCode, isAnyType, isAssociationType, isCollectionType, isComponentType, isDirty, isDirty, isEntityType, isEqual, isEqual, isModified, isMutable, isSame, nullSafeSet, nullSafeSet, replace, replace, toColumnNullness, toLoggableString

- Method Detail
  - getForeignKeyDirection
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ForeignKeyDirection getForeignKeyDirection()
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    Get the foreign key directionality of this association
  - useLHSPrimaryKey
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boolean useLHSPrimaryKey()
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    Is the primary key of the owning entity table to be used in the join?
  - getLHSPropertyName
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String getLHSPropertyName()
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    Get the name of a property in the owning entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier)
  - getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName
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String getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName()
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    The name of a unique property of the associated entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier of an entity, or key of a collection)
  - getAssociatedJoinable
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Joinable getAssociatedJoinable(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
                        throws MappingException
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    Get the "persister" for this association - a class or collection persister
    
    Throws:
    
    MappingException
  - getAssociatedEntityName
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String getAssociatedEntityName(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
                        throws MappingException
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    Get the entity name of the associated entity
    
    Throws:
    
    MappingException
  - isAlwaysDirtyChecked
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boolean isAlwaysDirtyChecked()
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    Do we dirty check this association, even when there are no columns to be updated?