oracle.toplink.objectrelational
Class ReferenceMapping

java.lang.Object
oracle.toplink.mappings.DatabaseMapping
oracle.toplink.mappings.ForeignReferenceMapping
oracle.toplink.mappings.ObjectReferenceMapping
oracle.toplink.objectrelational.ReferenceMapping

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

public class ReferenceMapping

extends ObjectReferenceMapping

Purpose: In an object-relational data model, structures reference each other through "Refs"; not through foreign keys as in the relational data model. TopLink supports using the Ref to reference the target object.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ReferenceMapping()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getFieldName() PUBLIC: Return the name of the field this mapping represents.
void	setFieldName(java.lang.String fieldName) PUBLIC: Set the field name in the mapping.
void	setReferenceClass(java.lang.Class referenceClass) PUBLIC: This is a reference class whose instances this mapping will store in the domain objects.

Methods inherited from class oracle.toplink.mappings.ObjectReferenceMapping

useProxyIndirection, useProxyIndirection, useProxyIndirection

Methods inherited from class oracle.toplink.mappings.ForeignReferenceMapping

dontUseBatchReading, dontUseIndirection, getReferenceClass, getRelationshipPartnerAttributeName, privateOwnedRelationship, setCustomSelectionQuery, setIndirectionPolicy, setRelationshipPartnerAttributeName, setSelectionCriteria, setSelectionSQLString, setUsesBatchReading, setUsesIndirection, shouldUseBatchReading, useBasicIndirection, useBatchReading, useContainerIndirection, useIndirection, usesIndirection

Methods inherited from class oracle.toplink.mappings.DatabaseMapping

getAttributeClassification, getAttributeName, getGetMethodName, getSetMethodName, readOnly, readWrite, setAttributeName, setGetMethodName, setIsReadOnly, setSetMethodName, setWeight, simpleAddToCollectionChangeRecord, simpleRemoveFromCollectionChangeRecord

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReferenceMapping

public ReferenceMapping()

Method Detail

getFieldName

public java.lang.String getFieldName()

PUBLIC: Return the name of the field this mapping represents.

setFieldName

public void setFieldName(java.lang.String fieldName)

PUBLIC: Set the field name in the mapping.

setReferenceClass

public void setReferenceClass(java.lang.Class referenceClass)

PUBLIC: This is a reference class whose instances this mapping will store in the domain objects.

Overrides:

setReferenceClass in class ForeignReferenceMapping