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

Class MetadataColumn

java.lang.Object

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

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

DirectColumnMetadata, DiscriminatorColumnMetadata, RelationalColumnMetadata

public abstract class MetadataColumn
extends ORMetadata

INTERNAL: Object to process JPA column type 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 and Description
protected	MetadataColumn(MetadataAccessor accessor) INTERNAL: Used for defaulting.
protected	MetadataColumn(MetadataAnnotation column, MetadataAccessor accessor) INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.
protected	MetadataColumn(String xmlElement) INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object objectToCompare) INTERNAL:
String	getColumnDefinition() INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
DatabaseField	getDatabaseField() INTERNAL: Those objects that need/want to initialize more meta data should override this method.
String	getName() INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
int	hashCode()
void	setColumnDefinition(String columnDefinition) INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.
void	setName(String name) INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

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

MetadataColumn

protected MetadataColumn(MetadataAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Used for defaulting.

MetadataColumn

protected MetadataColumn(MetadataAnnotation column,
                         MetadataAccessor accessor)

INTERNAL: Used for annotation loading.

MetadataColumn

protected MetadataColumn(String xmlElement)

INTERNAL: Used for XML loading.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(Object objectToCompare)

INTERNAL:

Specified by:

equals in class ORMetadata

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

getColumnDefinition

public String getColumnDefinition()

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

getDatabaseField

public DatabaseField getDatabaseField()

INTERNAL: Those objects that need/want to initialize more meta data should override this method.

getName

public String getName()

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

setColumnDefinition

public void setColumnDefinition(String columnDefinition)

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.

setName

public void setName(String name)

INTERNAL: Used for OX mapping.