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

Class RelationalColumnMetadata

java.lang.Object

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

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.columns.MetadataColumn

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.columns.RelationalColumnMetadata

Direct Known Subclasses:

JoinColumnMetadata, PrimaryKeyJoinColumnMetadata

public abstract class RelationalColumnMetadata
extends MetadataColumn

INTERNAL: Object to process JPA relational type colummns into EclipseLink database fields. 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	Description
protected	RelationalColumnMetadata(java.lang.String xmlElement)	INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.
	RelationalColumnMetadata(MetadataAnnotation relationalColumn, MetadataAccessor accessor)	INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare)	INTERNAL:
ForeignKeyMetadata	getForeignKey()	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
protected org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField	getForeignKeyField()	INTERNAL:
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField	getForeignKeyField(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField primaryKeyField)	INTERNAL: By calling this method we will return the foreign key field with the extra metadata from the primary key field that can not be applied to a referenced column.
java.lang.String	getReferencedColumnName()	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
boolean	hasForeignKey()	INTERNAL: Return true if a foreign key has been defined on this column.
int	hashCode()
boolean	isForeignKeyFieldNotSpecified()	INTERNAL:
boolean	isPrimaryKeyFieldNotSpecified()	INTERNAL:
void	setForeignKey(ForeignKeyMetadata foreignKey)	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
void	setReferencedColumnName(java.lang.String referencedColumnName)	INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.columns.MetadataColumn

getColumnDefinition, getDatabaseField, getName, setColumnDefinition, setName

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

RelationalColumnMetadata

public RelationalColumnMetadata(MetadataAnnotation relationalColumn,
                                MetadataAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

RelationalColumnMetadata

protected RelationalColumnMetadata(java.lang.String xmlElement)

INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object objectToCompare)

INTERNAL:

Overrides:

equals in class MetadataColumn

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class MetadataColumn

getForeignKey

public ForeignKeyMetadata getForeignKey()

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

getForeignKeyField

protected org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField getForeignKeyField()

INTERNAL:

getForeignKeyField

public org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField getForeignKeyField(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField primaryKeyField)

INTERNAL: By calling this method we will return the foreign key field with the extra metadata from the primary key field that can not be applied to a referenced column.

getReferencedColumnName

public java.lang.String getReferencedColumnName()

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

hasForeignKey

public boolean hasForeignKey()

INTERNAL: Return true if a foreign key has been defined on this column.

isForeignKeyFieldNotSpecified

public boolean isForeignKeyFieldNotSpecified()

INTERNAL:

isPrimaryKeyFieldNotSpecified

public boolean isPrimaryKeyFieldNotSpecified()

INTERNAL:

setForeignKey

public void setForeignKey(ForeignKeyMetadata foreignKey)

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

setReferencedColumnName

public void setReferencedColumnName(java.lang.String referencedColumnName)

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.