org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.converters

Class MetadataConverter

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.ORMetadata

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.converters.MetadataConverter

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractConverterMetadata, ClassInstanceMetadata, EnumeratedMetadata, JSONMetadata, KryoMetadata, LobMetadata, SerializedMetadata, TemporalMetadata, XMLMetadata

public abstract class MetadataConverter
extends ORMetadata

INTERNAL: Abstract converter class that parents both the JPA and Eclipselink converters. Key notes: - any metadata mapped from XML to this class must be compared in the equals method. - when loading from annotations, the constructor accepts the metadata accessor this metadata was loaded from. Used it to look up any 'companion' annotation needed for processing. - methods should be preserved in alphabetical order.

Since:

EclipseLink 1.2

Author:

Guy Pelletier

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.ORMetadata

m_project

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	MetadataConverter() INTERNAL: Used for defaulting case.
protected	MetadataConverter(MetadataAccessor accessor) INTERNAL: Used for defaulting.
protected	MetadataConverter(MetadataAnnotation converter, MetadataAccessor accessor) INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.
protected	MetadataConverter(java.lang.String xmlElement) INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare) INTERNAL:
abstract void	process(DatabaseMapping mapping, MappingAccessor accessor, MetadataClass referenceClass, boolean isForMapKey) INTERNAL: Every converter needs to be able to process themselves.
protected void	setConverter(DatabaseMapping mapping, Converter converter, boolean isForMapKey) INTERNAL:
protected void	setConverterClassName(DatabaseMapping mapping, java.lang.String converterClassName, boolean isForMapKey) INTERNAL:
protected void	setFieldClassification(DatabaseMapping mapping, java.lang.Class classification, boolean isForMapKey) INTERNAL: Wrapper method to make sure we always set the classification name and not class.
protected void	setFieldClassification(DatabaseMapping mapping, MetadataClass classification, boolean isForMapKey) INTERNAL: Wrapper method to make sure we always set the classification name and not class.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.ORMetadata

getAccessibleObject, getAccessibleObjectName, getAnnotation, getBoxedType, getDatabaseTypeEnum, getEntityMappings, getFullyQualifiedClassName, getIdentifier, getJavaClass, getJavaClassName, getLoader, getLocation, getLogger, getMetadataClass, getMetadataClass, getMetadataClass, getMetadataFactory, getName, getPrimitiveClassForName, getProject, getText, getXMLElement, hasIdentifier, hasText, initXMLClassName, initXMLObject, initXMLObject, initXMLObjects, initXMLTextObject, loadedFromAnnotation, loadedFromEclipseLinkXML, loadedFromXML, merge, mergeORObjectLists, mergeORObjects, mergeSimpleObjects, reloadEntity, reloadMappedSuperclass, setAccessibleObject, setEntityMappings, setFieldName, setFieldName, setProject, shouldOverride, valuesMatch, valuesMatch

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MetadataConverter

protected MetadataConverter()

INTERNAL: Used for defaulting case.

MetadataConverter

protected MetadataConverter(MetadataAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Used for defaulting.

MetadataConverter

protected MetadataConverter(MetadataAnnotation converter,
                            MetadataAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

MetadataConverter

protected MetadataConverter(java.lang.String xmlElement)

INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare)

INTERNAL:

Specified by:

equals in class ORMetadata

process

public abstract void process(DatabaseMapping mapping,
                             MappingAccessor accessor,
                             MetadataClass referenceClass,
                             boolean isForMapKey)

INTERNAL: Every converter needs to be able to process themselves.

setConverter

protected void setConverter(DatabaseMapping mapping,
                            Converter converter,
                            boolean isForMapKey)

INTERNAL:

setConverterClassName

protected void setConverterClassName(DatabaseMapping mapping,
                                     java.lang.String converterClassName,
                                     boolean isForMapKey)

INTERNAL:

setFieldClassification

protected void setFieldClassification(DatabaseMapping mapping,
                                      java.lang.Class classification,
                                      boolean isForMapKey)

INTERNAL: Wrapper method to make sure we always set the classification name and not class. This class name will be initialized at run time with the real class loader.

setFieldClassification

protected void setFieldClassification(DatabaseMapping mapping,
                                      MetadataClass classification,
                                      boolean isForMapKey)

INTERNAL: Wrapper method to make sure we always set the classification name and not class. This class name will be initialized at run time with the real class loader.