oracle.toplink.mappings.foundation
Class AbstractCompositeObjectMapping

java.lang.Object
  oracle.toplink.mappings.DatabaseMapping
      oracle.toplink.mappings.AggregateMapping
          oracle.toplink.mappings.foundation.AbstractCompositeObjectMapping

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

EISCompositeObjectMapping, SDKAggregateObjectMapping, XMLCompositeObjectMapping

public abstract class AbstractCompositeObjectMapping
extends AggregateMapping

Chunks of data from non-relational data sources can have an embedded component objects. These can be mapped using this mapping. The format of the embedded data is determined by the reference descriptor.

Since:

TOPLink/Java 3.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AbstractCompositeObjectMapping()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

Converter	getConverter() Return the converter on the mapping.
boolean	hasConverter() Indicates if there is a converter on the mapping.
void	setConverter(Converter converter) Set the converter on the mapping.
void	setField(DatabaseField field) The aggregate object is held in a single field.

Methods inherited from class oracle.toplink.mappings.AggregateMapping

getReferenceClass, setReferenceClass

Methods inherited from class oracle.toplink.mappings.DatabaseMapping

getAttributeAccessor, getAttributeClassification, getAttributeName, getGetMethodName, getProperty, getSetMethodName, isLazy, isOptional, isUsingMethodAccess, readOnly, readWrite, setAttributeAccessor, setAttributeName, setGetMethodName, setIsLazy, setIsOptional, setIsReadOnly, setProperty, setSetMethodName, setWeight, simpleAddToCollectionChangeRecord, simpleRemoveFromCollectionChangeRecord

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCompositeObjectMapping

public AbstractCompositeObjectMapping()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

getConverter

public Converter getConverter()

Return the converter on the mapping. A converter can be used to convert between the object's value and database value of the attribute.

hasConverter

public boolean hasConverter()

Indicates if there is a converter on the mapping.

setConverter

public void setConverter(Converter converter)

Set the converter on the mapping. A converter can be used to convert between the object's value and database value of the attribute.

setField

public void setField(DatabaseField field)

The aggregate object is held in a single field.