PluralAttributeIndexSource (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Known Subinterfaces:

PluralAttributeMapKeyManyToAnySource, PluralAttributeMapKeyManyToManySource, PluralAttributeMapKeySource, PluralAttributeMapKeySourceBasic, PluralAttributeMapKeySourceEmbedded, PluralAttributeSequentialIndexSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

PluralAttributeMapKeyManyToAnySourceImpl, PluralAttributeMapKeyManyToManySourceImpl, PluralAttributeMapKeySourceBasicImpl, PluralAttributeMapKeySourceEmbeddedImpl, PluralAttributeSequentialIndexSourceImpl
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public interface PluralAttributeIndexSource
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Highly abstract concept of the index of an "indexed persistent collection". More concretely (and generally more usefully) categorized as either:
- PluralAttributeSequentialIndexSource - for list/array indexes
- PluralAttributeMapKeySource - for map keys

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PluralAttributeIndexNature`	`getNature()`
`HibernateTypeSource`	`getTypeInformation()`	Obtain information about the Hibernate index type (`Type`) for this plural attribute index.
`String`	`getXmlNodeName()`

- Method Detail
  - getNature
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PluralAttributeIndexNature getNature()
```
  - getTypeInformation
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HibernateTypeSource getTypeInformation()
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    Obtain information about the Hibernate index type (Type) for this plural attribute index.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Hibernate type information
  - getXmlNodeName
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String getXmlNodeName()
```