org.hibernate.metamodel.relational

Interface SimpleValue

All Superinterfaces:

Value

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSimpleValue, Column, DerivedValue

public interface SimpleValue
extends Value

Models a simple, non-compound value.

Author:

Steve Ebersole

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.hibernate.metamodel.relational.Value

Value.JdbcCodes

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAlias(Dialect dialect) For any column name, generate an alias that is unique to that column name, unique across tables, and within alias size constraints determined by Dialect.getMaxAliasLength().
Datatype	getDatatype() Retrieve the datatype of this value.
void	setDatatype(Datatype datatype) Set the datatype of this value.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.metamodel.relational.Value

getTable, toLoggableString, validateJdbcTypes

Method Detail

getDatatype

Datatype getDatatype()

Retrieve the datatype of this value.

Returns:

The value's datatype

setDatatype

void setDatatype(Datatype datatype)

Set the datatype of this value.

Parameters:

datatype - The value's datatype

getAlias

String getAlias(Dialect dialect)

For any column name, generate an alias that is unique to that column name, unique across tables, and within alias size constraints determined by Dialect.getMaxAliasLength().

Parameters:

dialect - the dialect.

Returns:

the alias.