AssociationType (Hibernate Core Aggregator 3.6.10.Final API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable, Type

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnyType, ArrayType, BagType, CollectionType, CustomCollectionType, EntityType, IdentifierBagType, ListType, ManyToOneType, MapType, ObjectType, OneToOneType, OrderedMapType, OrderedSetType, SetType, SortedMapType, SortedSetType, SpecialOneToOneType
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public interface AssociationType
extends Type
```
A type that represents some kind of association between entities.

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:
Cascade

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`String`	`getAssociatedEntityName(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)` Get the entity name of the associated entity
`Joinable`	`getAssociatedJoinable(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)` Get the "persister" for this association - a class or collection persister
`ForeignKeyDirection`	`getForeignKeyDirection()` Get the foreign key directionality of this association
`String`	`getLHSPropertyName()` Get the name of a property in the owning entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier)
`String`	`getOnCondition(String alias, SessionFactoryImplementor factory, Map enabledFilters)` Get the "filtering" SQL fragment that is applied in the SQL on clause, in addition to the usual join condition
`String`	`getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName()` The name of a unique property of the associated entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier of an entity, or key of a collection)
`boolean`	`isAlwaysDirtyChecked()` Do we dirty check this association, even when there are no columns to be updated?
`boolean`	`isEmbeddedInXML()`
`boolean`	`useLHSPrimaryKey()` Is the primary key of the owning entity table to be used in the join?

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.Type
assemble, beforeAssemble, compare, deepCopy, disassemble, fromXMLNode, getColumnSpan, getHashCode, getHashCode, getName, getReturnedClass, getSemiResolvedType, hydrate, isAnyType, isAssociationType, isCollectionType, isComponentType, isDirty, isDirty, isEntityType, isEqual, isEqual, isModified, isMutable, isSame, isXMLElement, nullSafeGet, nullSafeGet, nullSafeSet, nullSafeSet, replace, replace, resolve, semiResolve, setToXMLNode, sqlTypes, toColumnNullness, toLoggableString

- Method Detail
  - getForeignKeyDirection
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ForeignKeyDirection getForeignKeyDirection()
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    Get the foreign key directionality of this association
  - useLHSPrimaryKey
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boolean useLHSPrimaryKey()
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    Is the primary key of the owning entity table to be used in the join?
  - getLHSPropertyName
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String getLHSPropertyName()
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    Get the name of a property in the owning entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier)
  - getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName
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String getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName()
```
    The name of a unique property of the associated entity that provides the join key (null if the identifier of an entity, or key of a collection)
  - getAssociatedJoinable
```
Joinable getAssociatedJoinable(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
                               throws MappingException
```
    Get the "persister" for this association - a class or collection persister
    
    Throws:
    
    MappingException
  - getAssociatedEntityName
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String getAssociatedEntityName(SessionFactoryImplementor factory)
                               throws MappingException
```
    Get the entity name of the associated entity
    
    Throws:
    
    MappingException
  - getOnCondition
```
String getOnCondition(String alias,
                    SessionFactoryImplementor factory,
                    Map enabledFilters)
                      throws MappingException
```
    Get the "filtering" SQL fragment that is applied in the SQL on clause, in addition to the usual join condition
    
    Throws:
    
    MappingException
  - isAlwaysDirtyChecked
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boolean isAlwaysDirtyChecked()
```
    Do we dirty check this association, even when there are no columns to be updated?
  - isEmbeddedInXML
```
boolean isEmbeddedInXML()
```

Interface AssociationType

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.type.Type

Method Detail

getForeignKeyDirection

useLHSPrimaryKey

getLHSPropertyName

getRHSUniqueKeyPropertyName

getAssociatedJoinable

getAssociatedEntityName

getOnCondition

isAlwaysDirtyChecked

isEmbeddedInXML