org.eclipse.persistence.mappings

Class Association

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.Association

All Implemented Interfaces:

Map.Entry

Direct Known Subclasses:

PropertyAssociation, TypedAssociation

public class Association
extends Object
implements Map.Entry

Purpose: Generic association object. This can be used to map hashtable/map containers where the key and value primitives or independent objects.

Author:

James Sutherland

Since:

TOPLink/Java 3.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Object	key
protected Object	value

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Association() Default constructor.
Association(Object key, Object value) PUBLIC: Create an association.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getKey() PUBLIC: Return the key.
Object	getValue() PUBLIC: Return the value.
void	setKey(Object key) PUBLIC: Set the key.
Object	setValue(Object value) PUBLIC: Set the value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map.Entry

comparingByKey, comparingByKey, comparingByValue, comparingByValue, equals, hashCode

Field Detail

key

protected Object key

value

protected Object value

Constructor Detail

Association

public Association()

Default constructor.

Association

public Association(Object key,
                   Object value)

PUBLIC: Create an association.

Method Detail

getKey

public Object getKey()

PUBLIC: Return the key.

Specified by:

getKey in interface Map.Entry

getValue

public Object getValue()

PUBLIC: Return the value.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Map.Entry

setKey

public void setKey(Object key)

PUBLIC: Set the key.

setValue

public Object setValue(Object value)

PUBLIC: Set the value.

Specified by:

setValue in interface Map.Entry