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org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic
Interface DynamicType

public interface DynamicType

An EntityType provides a metadata facade into the EclipseLink object-relational metadata (descriptors & mappings) with specific knowledge of the entity types being dynamic.

Since:

EclipseLink 1.2

Author:

dclarke, mnorman

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTY Property name used to store the EntityTypeImpl on each descriptor in its ClassDescriptor.properties.

Method Summary

boolean	containsProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)
java.lang.String	getClassName()
ClassDescriptor	getDescriptor()
java.lang.Class<? extends DynamicEntity>	getJavaClass()
java.lang.String	getName() Return the entity type's name.
int	getNumberOfProperties() The current number of properties.
DynamicType	getParentType()
java.util.List<java.lang.String>	getPropertiesNames() The current names of properties.
int	getPropertyIndex(java.lang.String propertyName)
java.lang.Class<?>	getPropertyType(int propertyIndex)
java.lang.Class<?>	getPropertyType(java.lang.String propertyName)
DynamicEntity	newDynamicEntity()

Field Detail

DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTY

static final java.lang.String DESCRIPTOR_PROPERTY

Property name used to store the EntityTypeImpl on each descriptor in its ClassDescriptor.properties. The EntityType instance is generally populated by the DynamicTypeBuilder and should only be done when properly initialized.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Return the entity type's name. This is the short name of the class or the ClassDescriptor.getAlias()

getClassName

java.lang.String getClassName()

Returns:

Fully qualified name of mapped class.

getParentType

DynamicType getParentType()

Returns:

The parent type or null if this type does not have a persistent superclass

getNumberOfProperties

int getNumberOfProperties()

The current number of properties.

Note: Some implementations support adding mapped attributes at runtime so it is best to avoid caching the result.

getPropertiesNames

java.util.List<java.lang.String> getPropertiesNames()

The current names of properties.

Note: Some implementations support adding mapped attributes at runtime so it is best to avoid caching the result.

containsProperty

boolean containsProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

getPropertyIndex

int getPropertyIndex(java.lang.String propertyName)

getJavaClass

java.lang.Class<? extends DynamicEntity> getJavaClass()

newDynamicEntity

DynamicEntity newDynamicEntity()

getPropertyType

java.lang.Class<?> getPropertyType(int propertyIndex)

getPropertyType

java.lang.Class<?> getPropertyType(java.lang.String propertyName)

getDescriptor

ClassDescriptor getDescriptor()

Returns:

the underlying ClassDescriptor for the mapped type

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