org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metamodel

Class TypeImpl<X>

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metamodel.TypeImpl<X>

Type Parameters:

X - The type of the represented object or attribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicTypeImpl, ManagedTypeImpl

public abstract class TypeImpl<X>
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Purpose: Provides the implementation for the Type interface of the JPA 2.0 Metamodel API (part of the JSR-317 EJB 3.1 Criteria API)

Description: Instances of the type Type represent persistent object or attribute types.

Since:

EclipseLink 1.2 - JPA 2.0

See Also:

javax.persistence.metamodel.Type, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	TypeImpl(java.lang.Class<X> javaClass)
protected	TypeImpl(java.lang.Class<X> javaClass, java.lang.String javaClassName)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Class<X>	getJavaType() Return the represented Java type.
java.lang.Class<X>	getJavaType(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader) Return the represented Java type.
java.lang.String	getJavaTypeName() Return the name of the java type
abstract boolean	isEntity() INTERNAL: Return whether this type is an Entity (true) or MappedSuperclass (false) or Embeddable (false)
protected abstract boolean	isIdentifiableType() INTERNAL: Return whether this type is identifiable.
protected abstract boolean	isManagedType() INTERNAL: Return whether this type is identifiable.
abstract boolean	isMappedSuperclass() INTERNAL: Return whether this type is an MappedSuperclass (true) or Entity (false) or Embeddable (false)
java.lang.String	toString() INTERNAL: Return the string representation of the receiver.
protected abstract void	toStringHelper(java.lang.StringBuffer aBuffer) INTERNAL: Append the partial string representation of the receiver to the StringBuffer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TypeImpl

protected TypeImpl(java.lang.Class<X> javaClass)

TypeImpl

protected TypeImpl(java.lang.Class<X> javaClass,
                   java.lang.String javaClassName)

Method Detail

getJavaType

public java.lang.Class<X> getJavaType(java.lang.ClassLoader classLoader)

Return the represented Java type.

Returns:

Java type

getJavaType

public java.lang.Class<X> getJavaType()

Return the represented Java type.

Returns:

Java type

getJavaTypeName

public java.lang.String getJavaTypeName()

Return the name of the java type

isEntity

public abstract boolean isEntity()

INTERNAL: Return whether this type is an Entity (true) or MappedSuperclass (false) or Embeddable (false)

Returns:

isIdentifiableType

protected abstract boolean isIdentifiableType()

INTERNAL: Return whether this type is identifiable. This would be EntityType and MappedSuperclassType

Returns:

isManagedType

protected abstract boolean isManagedType()

INTERNAL: Return whether this type is identifiable. This would be EmbeddableType as well as EntityType and MappedSuperclassType

Returns:

isMappedSuperclass

public abstract boolean isMappedSuperclass()

INTERNAL: Return whether this type is an MappedSuperclass (true) or Entity (false) or Embeddable (false)

Returns:

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

INTERNAL: Return the string representation of the receiver.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

toStringHelper

protected abstract void toStringHelper(java.lang.StringBuffer aBuffer)

INTERNAL: Append the partial string representation of the receiver to the StringBuffer.