Package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.inheritance

Class InheritanceMetadata

java.lang.Object

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

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.inheritance.InheritanceMetadata

public class InheritanceMetadata
extends ORMetadata

Object to represent inheritance metadata. The processing of this metadata to its related class descriptors should be performed by this class. 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 1.0

Author:

Guy Pelletier

Field Summary

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

m_project

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InheritanceMetadata()	INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.
InheritanceMetadata(MetadataAnnotation inheritance, MetadataAccessor accessor)	INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	addClassExtractor(MetadataDescriptor descriptor, EntityAccessor accessor)	INTERNAL: Set the class extractor class name on the inheritance policy.
protected void	addClassIndicator(MetadataDescriptor descriptor, EntityAccessor accessor)	INTERNAL: Recursive method.
protected void	addClassIndicatorField(MetadataDescriptor descriptor, EntityAccessor accessor)	INTERNAL:
void	addTablePerClassParentMappings(MetadataDescriptor startingDescriptor, MetadataDescriptor realDescriptor)	INTERNAL: Recursive method to traverse table per class inheritance hierarchy and grab all the 'inherited' accessors for subclasses of the hierarchy.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare)	INTERNAL:
java.lang.String	getStrategy()	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
int	hashCode()
void	process(MetadataDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL: The process method method will be called with the descriptor from every entity in the hierarchy.
protected void	processInheritanceRoot(MetadataDescriptor descriptor, EntityAccessor accessor)	INTERNAL: Process the inheritance metadata of a root class.
protected void	processInheritanceSubclass(MetadataDescriptor descriptor, EntityAccessor accessor, EntityAccessor rootAccessor)	INTERNAL: Process the inheritance metadata of a sub class.
protected void	setInheritancePolicy(MetadataDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL: Recursive method.
void	setStrategy(java.lang.String strategy)	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
protected void	setTablePerClassInheritancePolicy(MetadataDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL:
boolean	usesJoinedStrategy()	INTERNAL:
boolean	usesSingleTableStrategy()	INTERNAL:
boolean	usesTablePerClassStrategy()	INTERNAL:

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, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

InheritanceMetadata

public InheritanceMetadata()

INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.

InheritanceMetadata

public InheritanceMetadata(MetadataAnnotation inheritance,
                           MetadataAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

Method Detail

addClassExtractor

protected void addClassExtractor(MetadataDescriptor descriptor,
                                 EntityAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Set the class extractor class name on the inheritance policy.

addClassIndicator

protected void addClassIndicator(MetadataDescriptor descriptor,
                                 EntityAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Recursive method.

addClassIndicatorField

protected void addClassIndicatorField(MetadataDescriptor descriptor,
                                      EntityAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL:

addTablePerClassParentMappings

public void addTablePerClassParentMappings(MetadataDescriptor startingDescriptor,
                                           MetadataDescriptor realDescriptor)

INTERNAL: Recursive method to traverse table per class inheritance hierarchy and grab all the 'inherited' accessors for subclasses of the hierarchy. What we know: - All parent classes will already have been processed. Inheritance hierarchies are processed top->down. - Always go through the given descriptors pointer to its class accessor, as we can not rely on the reloaded accessors for inheritance checks, mapped superclasses etc. Use the descriptors provided. - When adding accessors from superclasses to an inheritance subclasses descriptor, they must be reloaded/cloned and cannot be shared. Otherwise the processing of those accessor will only be performed once by their 'real' owning entity accessor.

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare)

INTERNAL:

Specified by:

equals in class ORMetadata

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

getStrategy

public java.lang.String getStrategy()

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

process

public void process(MetadataDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: The process method method will be called with the descriptor from every entity in the hierarchy.

processInheritanceRoot

protected void processInheritanceRoot(MetadataDescriptor descriptor,
                                      EntityAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Process the inheritance metadata of a root class.

processInheritanceSubclass

protected void processInheritanceSubclass(MetadataDescriptor descriptor,
                                          EntityAccessor accessor,
                                          EntityAccessor rootAccessor)

INTERNAL: Process the inheritance metadata of a sub class.

setInheritancePolicy

protected void setInheritancePolicy(MetadataDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: Recursive method.

setStrategy

public void setStrategy(java.lang.String strategy)

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

setTablePerClassInheritancePolicy

protected void setTablePerClassInheritancePolicy(MetadataDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL:

usesJoinedStrategy

public boolean usesJoinedStrategy()

INTERNAL:

usesSingleTableStrategy

public boolean usesSingleTableStrategy()

INTERNAL:

usesTablePerClassStrategy

public boolean usesTablePerClassStrategy()

INTERNAL: