Package com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel

Interface SingularAttribute<X,Y>

Type Parameters:

X - The type of the declaring entity view

Y - The type of attribute

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<X,Y>

All Known Subinterfaces:

MethodSingularAttribute<X,Y>, SubqueryAttribute<X,Y>

public interface SingularAttribute<X,Y>
extends Attribute<X,Y>

Instances of the type SingularAttribute represents single-valued properties or fields.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Christian Beikov

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel.Attribute

Attribute.AttributeType, Attribute.MappingType, Attribute.MemberType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Map<ManagedViewType<? extends Y>,String>	getInheritanceSubtypeMappings()	Returns the inheritance subtype mappings that should be considered for this attribute.
Type<Y>	getType()	Returns the type representing the type of the attribute.
boolean	isCreateEmptyFlatView()	Returns true if an empty flat view should be created for this attribute, otherwise false.
boolean	isId()	Returns true if this attribute maps to the entity id, otherwise false.
boolean	isQueryParameter()	Returns true if this attribute maps to a query parameter, otherwise false.

Methods inherited from interface com.blazebit.persistence.view.metamodel.Attribute

getAttributeType, getBatchSize, getConvertedJavaType, getDeclaringType, getFetches, getFetchStrategy, getJavaType, getLimitExpression, getMappingType, getMemberType, getOffsetExpression, getOrderByItems, isCollection, isCorrelated, isSubquery, isSubview

Method Details

getType

Type<Y> getType()

Returns the type representing the type of the attribute.

Returns:

The type of the attribute

Since:

1.2.0

getInheritanceSubtypeMappings

Map<ManagedViewType<? extends Y>,String> getInheritanceSubtypeMappings()

Returns the inheritance subtype mappings that should be considered for this attribute. When the attribute type is not a subview, this returns an empty map.

Returns:

The inheritance subtype mappings or an empty map

Since:

1.2.0

isQueryParameter

boolean isQueryParameter()

Returns true if this attribute maps to a query parameter, otherwise false.

Returns:

True if this attribute maps to a query parameter, otherwise false

isId

boolean isId()

Returns true if this attribute maps to the entity id, otherwise false.

Returns:

True if this attribute maps to the entity id, otherwise false

isCreateEmptyFlatView

boolean isCreateEmptyFlatView()

Returns true if an empty flat view should be created for this attribute, otherwise false.

Returns:

True if an empty flat view should be created for this attribute, otherwise false

Since:

1.5.0