Package org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping

Enum EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature>

org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature>

Enclosing interface:

EntityIdentifierMapping

public static enum EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature
extends Enum<EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature>

The style of identifier used.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
COMPOSITE	An "aggregated" composite identifier, which is another way to say that the identifier is represented as an embeddable.
SIMPLE	Simple, single-column identifier.
VIRTUAL	Composite identifier defined with multiple Id mappings.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

SIMPLE

public static final EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature SIMPLE

Simple, single-column identifier.

See Also:

Id, BasicEntityIdentifierMapping

COMPOSITE

public static final EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature COMPOSITE

An "aggregated" composite identifier, which is another way to say that the identifier is represented as an embeddable.

See Also:

EmbeddedId, AggregatedIdentifierMapping

VIRTUAL

public static final EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature VIRTUAL

Composite identifier defined with multiple Id mappings. Often used in conjunction with an IdClass

See Also:

Id, IdClass, NonAggregatedIdentifierMapping

Method Detail

values

public static EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature c : EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static EntityIdentifierMapping.Nature valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null