com.googlecode.genericdao.search.jpa

Class JPAAnnotationCollectionMetadata

java.lang.Object

com.googlecode.genericdao.search.jpa.JPAAnnotationCollectionMetadata

All Implemented Interfaces:

Metadata

public class JPAAnnotationCollectionMetadata
extends Object
implements Metadata

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JPAAnnotationCollectionMetadata(Class<?> klass, Class<?> collectionClass)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<?>	getCollectionClass() If the type is a collection, return the Java class of the collection itself, not the Java class of it's elements as with Metadata.getJavaClass().
String	getEntityName() If the type is an entity return the entity name.
String	getIdProperty() Return the name of the id property of this type.
Metadata	getIdType() Return the metadata for the id property of this type.
Serializable	getIdValue(Object object) Return the value of the id property of the given object of this type.
Class<?>	getJavaClass() Return the Java class of this type.
String[]	getProperties() Return an array of the names of all the properties that this type has, if any.
Metadata	getPropertyType(String property) Return the metadata for the given property of this type.
Object	getPropertyValue(Object object, String property) Return the value of the given property of the given object of this type.
boolean	isCollection() Return true if the type is a collection.
boolean	isEmeddable() Return true if the type is an embeddable class (a component class in Hibernate).
boolean	isEntity() Return true if the type is an entity.
boolean	isNumeric() Return true if the type is a number.
boolean	isString() Return true if the type is persisted as a string (char or varchar) type in the database.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

JPAAnnotationCollectionMetadata

public JPAAnnotationCollectionMetadata(Class<?> klass,
                               Class<?> collectionClass)

Method Detail

getCollectionClass

public Class<?> getCollectionClass()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

If the type is a collection, return the Java class of the collection itself, not the Java class of it's elements as with Metadata.getJavaClass(). For example: ArrayList<Project>, Set<Person>, String[].

Specified by:

getCollectionClass in interface Metadata

getIdProperty

public String getIdProperty()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return the name of the id property of this type. Return null if this is not an entity type.

Specified by:

getIdProperty in interface Metadata

getIdType

public Metadata getIdType()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return the metadata for the id property of this type. Return null if this is not an entity type.

Specified by:

getIdType in interface Metadata

getIdValue

public Serializable getIdValue(Object object)

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return the value of the id property of the given object of this type. Return null if this is not an entity type.

Specified by:

getIdValue in interface Metadata

getJavaClass

public Class<?> getJavaClass()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return the Java class of this type. If the type is a collection, return the type of the collection elements.

Specified by:

getJavaClass in interface Metadata

getEntityName

public String getEntityName()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

If the type is an entity return the entity name. Otherwise throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

Specified by:

getEntityName in interface Metadata

getProperties

public String[] getProperties()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return an array of the names of all the properties that this type has, if any. Return null if this a simple value type with no properties.

Specified by:

getProperties in interface Metadata

getPropertyType

public Metadata getPropertyType(String property)

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return the metadata for the given property of this type. Return null if this a simple value type with no properties.

Specified by:

getPropertyType in interface Metadata

getPropertyValue

public Object getPropertyValue(Object object,
                      String property)

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return the value of the given property of the given object of this type. Return null if this a simple value type with no properties.

Specified by:

getPropertyValue in interface Metadata

isCollection

public boolean isCollection()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return true if the type is a collection.

Specified by:

isCollection in interface Metadata

isEmeddable

public boolean isEmeddable()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return true if the type is an embeddable class (a component class in Hibernate).

Specified by:

isEmeddable in interface Metadata

isEntity

public boolean isEntity()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return true if the type is an entity.

Specified by:

isEntity in interface Metadata

isNumeric

public boolean isNumeric()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return true if the type is a number. For example: int, Float, Number, double, etc.

Specified by:

isNumeric in interface Metadata

isString

public boolean isString()

Description copied from interface: Metadata

Return true if the type is persisted as a string (char or varchar) type in the database.

Specified by:

isString in interface Metadata