kodo.meta
Class DelegatingFieldMetaData

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable, Extensions, FieldMetaData, JDOTypes

Direct Known Subclasses:

FieldMapping

public synchronized class DelegatingFieldMetaData

extends DelegatingExtensions

implements FieldMetaData

Fields inherited from interface kodo.meta.FieldMetaData

DEPENDENT, ELEMENT_DEPENDENT, ELEMENT_TYPE, EXTERNALIZER, FACTORY, FETCH_GROUP, INVERSE_OWNER, KEY_DEPENDENT, KEY_TYPE, LRS, MANAGE_NONE, MANAGE_PERSISTENT, MANAGE_TRANSACTIONAL, NULL_DEFAULT, NULL_EXCEPTION, NULL_NONE, TYPE, VALUE_DEPENDENT, VALUE_TYPE

Fields inherited from interface kodo.meta.JDOTypes

TYPE_ARRAY, TYPE_BIGDECIMAL, TYPE_BIGINTEGER, TYPE_BOOLEAN, TYPE_BOOLEAN_OBJ, TYPE_BYTE, TYPE_BYTE_OBJ, TYPE_CHAR, TYPE_CHAR_OBJ, TYPE_COLLECTION, TYPE_DATE, TYPE_DOUBLE, TYPE_DOUBLE_OBJ, TYPE_FCO, TYPE_FLOAT, TYPE_FLOAT_OBJ, TYPE_INT, TYPE_INT_OBJ, TYPE_LOCALE, TYPE_LONG, TYPE_LONG_OBJ, TYPE_MAP, TYPE_NUMBER, TYPE_OBJECT, TYPE_PC_OBJECT, TYPE_SHORT, TYPE_SHORT_OBJ, TYPE_STRING

Constructor Summary

DelegatingFieldMetaData(FieldMetaData)

Method Summary

int	compareTo(Object)
boolean	equals(Object)
Comparator	getComparator() The comparator type used by the field, or null if none.
Class	getDeclaredElementType() Return the declared class of the described field.
int	getDeclaredElementTypeCode() Return the declared type code of the described field.
ClassMetaData	getDeclaredElementTypeMetaData() Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.
int	getDeclaredIndex() Return the relative index of this persistent/transactional field.
Class	getDeclaredKeyType() Return the declared class of the described field.
int	getDeclaredKeyTypeCode() Return the declared class of the described field.
ClassMetaData	getDeclaredKeyTypeMetaData() Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.
Class	getDeclaredType() Return the declared class of the described field.
int	getDeclaredTypeCode() Return the declared type code of the described field.
ClassMetaData	getDeclaredTypeMetaData() Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.
FieldMetaData	getDelegate()
Class	getElementType() Return the type of objects stored in the array/collection/map; defaults to Object if not specified, or null if this field does not represent an array/collection/map type.
int	getElementTypeCode() Return the type code of objects stored in the array/collection/map, or -1 if not an array/collection/map.
ClassMetaData	getElementTypeMetaData() Return metadata for the element type, or null if not persistent.
String	getElementTypeName() The value of the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_TYPE or FieldMetaData.VALUE_TYPE extension key.
String	getExternalizer() The name of this field's externalizer, or null if none.
Method	getExternalizerMethod() The externalizer method.
Object	getExternalValue(Object, KodoPersistenceManager) Convert the given field value to its external value through the provided externalizer, or return the value as-is if no externalizer.
String	getFactory() The name of this field's factory, or null if none.
Member	getFactoryMethod() The factory method or constructor.
String	getFetchGroup() Return the name of the custom fetch group for this field, or null if none.
byte	getFieldFlag() Returns the JDO flag type for this field.
Object	getFieldValue(Object, KodoPersistenceManager) Return the result of passing the given external value through the factory to get the field value.
String	getFullName() Return the full name of the described field, in the form <class>.<field>.
int	getIndex() Return the absolute index of this persistent/transactional field.
FieldMetaData	getInnermostDelegate()
String	getInverseOwner() Return the field marked as an inverse via the FieldMetaData.INVERSE_OWNER extension key.
FieldMetaData	getInverseOwnerMetaData() Return the metadata for the field's inverse.
Class	getKeyType() The type of objects used as keys in the map; defaults to Object if not specified, or null if this field is not a map.
int	getKeyTypeCode() The type code of objects used as keys in the map.
ClassMetaData	getKeyTypeMetaData() Return metadata for the key type, or null if not persistent.
String	getKeyTypeName() The value of the FieldMetaData.KEY_TYPE extension key.
int	getManagement() Return the management level for the field.
String	getName() Return the name of the described field.
int	getNullValue() How the data store should treat null values for this field: FieldMetaData.NULL_NONE: leave null values as null in the data store FieldMetaData.NULL_EXCEPTION: throw an exception if this field is null at commit FieldMetaData.NULL_DEFAULT: use the database default if this field is null at commit Defaults to FieldMetaData.NULL_NONE.
ClassMetaData	getOwner() Return the owning metadata for this field.
int	getPrimaryKeyIndex() Return the primary key index of this persistent/transactional field, or -1 if not a primary key.
Class	getProxyType() The type this field was initialized with, and therefore the type to use for proxies when loading data into this field.
Class	getType() Return the class of the described field.
int	getTypeCode() Return the type code of the described field.
ClassMetaData	getTypeMetaData() Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.
String	getTypeName() The value of the FieldMetaData.TYPE extension key.
int	hashCode()
void	invalidateResolve() For implementation use.
boolean	isDefaultFetchGroupExplicit() Return whether the field explicitly declares its default fetch group status.
boolean	isDependent() Return true if the FieldMetaData.DEPENDENT extension key is true and the field is a first class object.
boolean	isElementDependent() Return true if the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_DEPENDENT/FieldMetaData.VALUE_DEPENDENT extension key is true and the element/value contains first class objects.
boolean	isElementEmbedded() A hint to the JDO implementation on whether the arary/collection/map values should be stored as part of the instance rather than as their own instances in the data store.
boolean	isEmbedded() This attribute is a hint to the JDO implementation to store this field in the same instance as the class, rather than as a separate datastore instance.
boolean	isExplicit() Return true if the field is explicitly declared in the metadata.
boolean	isInDefaultFetchGroup() Return true if the field should be fetched at once along with all other default fetch group fields, rather than individually.
boolean	isKeyDependent() Return true if the FieldMetaData.KEY_DEPENDENT extension key is true and the key contains first class objects.
boolean	isKeyEmbedded() A hint to the JDO implementation on whether the map keys should be stored as part of the instance rather than as their own instances in the data store.
boolean	isLRS() Whether this field is backed by a large result set.
boolean	isPrimaryKey() If true, the field was specified in the meta data to be a primary key field.
boolean	isResolved() Return whether this field has been resolved.
boolean	isTransient() Return whether this is a transient field.
void	resolve() For implementation use.
void	setComparator(Comparator) The comparator type used by the field, or null if none.
void	setDeclaredElementType(Class) Set the element class for this array/collection/map field.
void	setDeclaredElementTypeCode(int) Set the element type code for the described field.
void	setDeclaredIndex(int) Used by ClassMetaData to set index.
void	setDeclaredKeyType(Class) Set the key type for this map field.
void	setDeclaredKeyTypeCode(int) Set the key type code for the described field.
void	setDeclaredType(Class) Set the class of the described field.
void	setDeclaredTypeCode(int) Set the type code for the described field.
void	setDependent(boolean) Set the value of the FieldMetaData.DEPENDENT standard extension.
void	setElementDependent(boolean) Set the value of the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_DEPENDENT extension key.
void	setElementEmbedded(boolean) Set whether the elements should be embedded.
void	setElementTypeName(String) The value of the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_TYPE or FieldMetaData.VALUE_TYPE extension key.
void	setEmbedded(boolean) Set the embedded value for the field.
void	setExplicit(boolean) Set whether the field was explicitly declared in the metadata.
void	setExternalizer(String) The name of this field's externalizer, or null if none.
void	setFactory(String) The name of this field's factory, or null if none.
void	setFetchGroup(String) Set the name of the custom fetch group for this field.
void	setInDefaultFetchGroup(boolean) Set whether the field is in the default fetch group.
void	setIndex(int) Used by ClassMetaData to set index.
void	setInverseOwner(String) Set the field marked as an inverse via the FieldMetaData.INVERSE_OWNER extension key.
void	setKeyDependent(boolean) Set the value of the FieldMetaData.KEY_DEPENDENT extension key.
void	setKeyEmbedded(boolean) Set whether the keys are embedded.
void	setKeyTypeName(String) The value of the FieldMetaData.KEY_TYPE extension key.
void	setLRS(boolean) Whether this field is backed by a large result set.
void	setManagement(int) Set the management level for the field.
void	setName(String) Set the name of the described field.
void	setNullValue(int) Set the null action for the field.
void	setOwner(ClassMetaData) Set the owning metadata for this field.
void	setPrimaryKey(boolean) Set whether this is a primary key field.
void	setPrimaryKeyIndex(int) Used by ClassMetaData to set index.
void	setProxyType(Class) The type this field was initialized with, and therefore the type to use for proxies when loading data into this field.
void	setTransient(boolean) Set whether this is a transient field.
void	setTypeName(String) The value of the FieldMetaData.TYPE extension key.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class kodo.meta.DelegatingExtensions

addExtension, addExtension, getBooleanExtension, getBooleanExtension, getDoubleExtension, getDoubleExtension, getEmbeddedExtensions, getEmbeddedExtensions, getExtensionKeys, getExtensionKeys, getExtensionVendors, getIntExtension, getIntExtension, getObjectExtension, getObjectExtension, getStringExtension, getStringExtension, hasExtension, hasExtension, isEmpty, removeEmbeddedExtensions, removeEmbeddedExtensions, removeExtension, removeExtension

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface kodo.meta.Extensions

addExtension, addExtension, getBooleanExtension, getBooleanExtension, getDoubleExtension, getDoubleExtension, getEmbeddedExtensions, getEmbeddedExtensions, getExtensionKeys, getExtensionKeys, getExtensionVendors, getIntExtension, getIntExtension, getObjectExtension, getObjectExtension, getStringExtension, getStringExtension, hasExtension, hasExtension, isEmpty, removeEmbeddedExtensions, removeEmbeddedExtensions, removeExtension, removeExtension

Constructor Detail

DelegatingFieldMetaData

public DelegatingFieldMetaData(FieldMetaData)

Method Detail

getDelegate

public FieldMetaData getDelegate()

getInnermostDelegate

public FieldMetaData getInnermostDelegate()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

compareTo

public int compareTo(Object)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getOwner

public ClassMetaData getOwner()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the owning metadata for this field.

Specified by:

getOwner in interface FieldMetaData

setOwner

public void setOwner(ClassMetaData)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the owning metadata for this field.

Specified by:

setOwner in interface FieldMetaData

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the name of the described field.

Specified by:

getName in interface FieldMetaData

setName

public void setName(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the name of the described field.

Specified by:

setName in interface FieldMetaData

getFullName

public String getFullName()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the full name of the described field, in the form <class>.<field>.

Specified by:

getFullName in interface FieldMetaData

getType

public Class getType()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the class of the described field.

Specified by:

getType in interface FieldMetaData

getTypeCode

public int getTypeCode()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the type code of the described field.

Specified by:

getTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

getTypeMetaData

public ClassMetaData getTypeMetaData()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.

Specified by:

getTypeMetaData in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredType

public Class getDeclaredType()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the declared class of the described field. This can differ from the return value of FieldMetaData.getType() if the user indicates a different type with the #PC_CLASS extension or an FieldMetaData.EXTERNALIZER.

Specified by:

getDeclaredType in interface FieldMetaData

setDeclaredType

public void setDeclaredType(Class)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the class of the described field.

Specified by:

setDeclaredType in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredTypeCode

public int getDeclaredTypeCode()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the declared type code of the described field. This can differ from the return value of FieldMetaData.getTypeCode() if the user indicates a different type with the #PC_CLASS extension or an FieldMetaData.EXTERNALIZER.

Specified by:

getDeclaredTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

setDeclaredTypeCode

public void setDeclaredTypeCode(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the type code for the described field. The type code is usually computed automatically, but it can be useful to set it explicitly when creating metadatas from scratch.

Specified by:

setDeclaredTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredTypeMetaData

public ClassMetaData getDeclaredTypeMetaData()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.

Specified by:

getDeclaredTypeMetaData in interface FieldMetaData

getProxyType

public Class getProxyType()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The type this field was initialized with, and therefore the type to use for proxies when loading data into this field.

Specified by:

getProxyType in interface FieldMetaData

setProxyType

public void setProxyType(Class)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The type this field was initialized with, and therefore the type to use for proxies when loading data into this field.

Specified by:

setProxyType in interface FieldMetaData

isTransient

public boolean isTransient()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return whether this is a transient field.

Specified by:

isTransient in interface FieldMetaData

setTransient

public void setTransient(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set whether this is a transient field.

Specified by:

setTransient in interface FieldMetaData

getIndex

public int getIndex()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the absolute index of this persistent/transactional field.

Specified by:

getIndex in interface FieldMetaData

setIndex

public void setIndex(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Used by ClassMetaData to set index.

Specified by:

setIndex in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredIndex

public int getDeclaredIndex()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the relative index of this persistent/transactional field.

Specified by:

getDeclaredIndex in interface FieldMetaData

setDeclaredIndex

public void setDeclaredIndex(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Used by ClassMetaData to set index.

Specified by:

setDeclaredIndex in interface FieldMetaData

getPrimaryKeyIndex

public int getPrimaryKeyIndex()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the primary key index of this persistent/transactional field, or -1 if not a primary key.

Specified by:

getPrimaryKeyIndex in interface FieldMetaData

setPrimaryKeyIndex

public void setPrimaryKeyIndex(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Used by ClassMetaData to set index.

Specified by:

setPrimaryKeyIndex in interface FieldMetaData

getManagement

public int getManagement()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the management level for the field. Will be one of:

• FieldMetaData.MANAGE_PERSISTENT: the field is persistent
• FieldMetaData.MANAGE_TRANSACTIONAL: the field is transactional but not persistent
• FieldMetaData.MANAGE_NONE: the field is not managed

Defaults to FieldMetaData.MANAGE_PERSISTENT.

Specified by:

getManagement in interface FieldMetaData

setManagement

public void setManagement(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the management level for the field.

Specified by:

setManagement in interface FieldMetaData

Following copied from interface: kodo.meta.FieldMetaData

See Also:

FieldMetaData.getManagement()

isPrimaryKey

public boolean isPrimaryKey()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

If true, the field was specified in the meta data to be a primary key field.

Specified by:

isPrimaryKey in interface FieldMetaData

setPrimaryKey

public void setPrimaryKey(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set whether this is a primary key field.

Specified by:

setPrimaryKey in interface FieldMetaData

getFieldFlag

public byte getFieldFlag()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Returns the JDO flag type for this field. See the field types in the PersistenceCapable interface.

Specified by:

getFieldFlag in interface FieldMetaData

getNullValue

public int getNullValue()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

How the data store should treat null values for this field:

• FieldMetaData.NULL_NONE: leave null values as null in the data store
• FieldMetaData.NULL_EXCEPTION: throw an exception if this field is null at commit
• FieldMetaData.NULL_DEFAULT: use the database default if this field is null at commit

Defaults to FieldMetaData.NULL_NONE.

Specified by:

getNullValue in interface FieldMetaData

setNullValue

public void setNullValue(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the null action for the field.

Specified by:

setNullValue in interface FieldMetaData

Following copied from interface: kodo.meta.FieldMetaData

See Also:

FieldMetaData.getNullValue()

isExplicit

public boolean isExplicit()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return true if the field is explicitly declared in the metadata.

Specified by:

isExplicit in interface FieldMetaData

setExplicit

public void setExplicit(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set whether the field was explicitly declared in the metadata.

Specified by:

setExplicit in interface FieldMetaData

isInDefaultFetchGroup

public boolean isInDefaultFetchGroup()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return true if the field should be fetched at once along with all other default fetch group fields, rather than individually. Defaults to true if the field is not a collection or map or array or first class object or unknown object; defaults to false otherwise.

Specified by:

isInDefaultFetchGroup in interface FieldMetaData

setInDefaultFetchGroup

public void setInDefaultFetchGroup(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set whether the field is in the default fetch group.

Specified by:

setInDefaultFetchGroup in interface FieldMetaData

isDefaultFetchGroupExplicit

public boolean isDefaultFetchGroupExplicit()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return whether the field explicitly declares its default fetch group status.

Specified by:

isDefaultFetchGroupExplicit in interface FieldMetaData

isEmbedded

public boolean isEmbedded()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

This attribute is a hint to the JDO implementation to store this field in the same instance as the class, rather than as a separate datastore instance. Defaults to true if the field is not a collection or map or first class object; defaults to false otherwise. Implementations are permitted to ignore this attribute.

Specified by:

isEmbedded in interface FieldMetaData

setEmbedded

public void setEmbedded(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the embedded value for the field.

Specified by:

setEmbedded in interface FieldMetaData

getElementType

public Class getElementType()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the type of objects stored in the array/collection/map; defaults to Object if not specified, or null if this field does not represent an array/collection/map type.

Specified by:

getElementType in interface FieldMetaData

getElementTypeCode

public int getElementTypeCode()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the type code of objects stored in the array/collection/map, or -1 if not an array/collection/map.

Specified by:

getElementTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

getElementTypeMetaData

public ClassMetaData getElementTypeMetaData()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return metadata for the element type, or null if not persistent.

Specified by:

getElementTypeMetaData in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredElementType

public Class getDeclaredElementType()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the declared class of the described field. This can differ from the return value of FieldMetaData.getElementType() if the user indicates a different type with the #ELEMENT_PC_CLASS extension or the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_TYPE extension.

Specified by:

getDeclaredElementType in interface FieldMetaData

setDeclaredElementType

public void setDeclaredElementType(Class)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the element class for this array/collection/map field.

Specified by:

setDeclaredElementType in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredElementTypeCode

public int getDeclaredElementTypeCode()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the declared type code of the described field. This can differ from the return value of FieldMetaData.getElementTypeCode() if the user indicates a different type with the #ELEMENT_PC_CLASS extension or the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_TYPE extension.

Specified by:

getDeclaredElementTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

setDeclaredElementTypeCode

public void setDeclaredElementTypeCode(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the element type code for the described field. The type code is usually computed automatically, but it can be useful to set it explicitly when creating metadatas from scratch.

Specified by:

setDeclaredElementTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredElementTypeMetaData

public ClassMetaData getDeclaredElementTypeMetaData()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.

Specified by:

getDeclaredElementTypeMetaData in interface FieldMetaData

isElementEmbedded

public boolean isElementEmbedded()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

A hint to the JDO implementation on whether the arary/collection/map values should be stored as part of the instance rather than as their own instances in the data store. Implementations are permitted to ignore this attribute.

Specified by:

isElementEmbedded in interface FieldMetaData

setElementEmbedded

public void setElementEmbedded(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set whether the elements should be embedded.

Specified by:

setElementEmbedded in interface FieldMetaData

getKeyType

public Class getKeyType()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The type of objects used as keys in the map; defaults to Object if not specified, or null if this field is not a map.

Specified by:

getKeyType in interface FieldMetaData

getKeyTypeCode

public int getKeyTypeCode()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The type code of objects used as keys in the map.

Specified by:

getKeyTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

getKeyTypeMetaData

public ClassMetaData getKeyTypeMetaData()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return metadata for the key type, or null if not persistent.

Specified by:

getKeyTypeMetaData in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredKeyType

public Class getDeclaredKeyType()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the declared class of the described field. This can differ from the return value of FieldMetaData.getKeyType() if the user indicates a different type with the #KEY_PC_CLASS extension or the FieldMetaData.KEY_TYPE extension.

Specified by:

getDeclaredKeyType in interface FieldMetaData

setDeclaredKeyType

public void setDeclaredKeyType(Class)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the key type for this map field.

Specified by:

setDeclaredKeyType in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredKeyTypeCode

public int getDeclaredKeyTypeCode()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the declared class of the described field. This can differ from the return value of FieldMetaData.getKeyTypeCode() if the user indicates a different type with the #KEY_PC_CLASS extension or the FieldMetaData.KEY_TYPE extension.

Specified by:

getDeclaredKeyTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

setDeclaredKeyTypeCode

public void setDeclaredKeyTypeCode(int)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the key type code for the described field. The type code is usually computed automatically, but it can be useful to set it explicitly when creating metadatas from scratch.

Specified by:

setDeclaredKeyTypeCode in interface FieldMetaData

getDeclaredKeyTypeMetaData

public ClassMetaData getDeclaredKeyTypeMetaData()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return metadata for the field's type, if the type is persistent.

Specified by:

getDeclaredKeyTypeMetaData in interface FieldMetaData

isKeyEmbedded

public boolean isKeyEmbedded()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

A hint to the JDO implementation on whether the map keys should be stored as part of the instance rather than as their own instances in the data store. Implementations are permitted to ignore this attribute.

Specified by:

isKeyEmbedded in interface FieldMetaData

setKeyEmbedded

public void setKeyEmbedded(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set whether the keys are embedded.

Specified by:

setKeyEmbedded in interface FieldMetaData

getComparator

public Comparator getComparator()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The comparator type used by the field, or null if none.

Specified by:

getComparator in interface FieldMetaData

setComparator

public void setComparator(Comparator)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The comparator type used by the field, or null if none.

Specified by:

setComparator in interface FieldMetaData

getInverseOwner

public String getInverseOwner()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the field marked as an inverse via the FieldMetaData.INVERSE_OWNER extension key.

Specified by:

getInverseOwner in interface FieldMetaData

setInverseOwner

public void setInverseOwner(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the field marked as an inverse via the FieldMetaData.INVERSE_OWNER extension key.

Specified by:

setInverseOwner in interface FieldMetaData

getInverseOwnerMetaData

public FieldMetaData getInverseOwnerMetaData()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the metadata for the field's inverse.

Specified by:

getInverseOwnerMetaData in interface FieldMetaData

isDependent

public boolean isDependent()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return true if the FieldMetaData.DEPENDENT extension key is true and the field is a first class object.

Specified by:

isDependent in interface FieldMetaData

setDependent

public void setDependent(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the value of the FieldMetaData.DEPENDENT standard extension.

Specified by:

setDependent in interface FieldMetaData

isElementDependent

public boolean isElementDependent()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return true if the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_DEPENDENT/FieldMetaData.VALUE_DEPENDENT extension key is true and the element/value contains first class objects.

Specified by:

isElementDependent in interface FieldMetaData

setElementDependent

public void setElementDependent(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the value of the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_DEPENDENT extension key.

Specified by:

setElementDependent in interface FieldMetaData

isKeyDependent

public boolean isKeyDependent()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return true if the FieldMetaData.KEY_DEPENDENT extension key is true and the key contains first class objects.

Specified by:

isKeyDependent in interface FieldMetaData

setKeyDependent

public void setKeyDependent(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the value of the FieldMetaData.KEY_DEPENDENT extension key.

Specified by:

setKeyDependent in interface FieldMetaData

isLRS

public boolean isLRS()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Whether this field is backed by a large result set.

Specified by:

isLRS in interface FieldMetaData

setLRS

public void setLRS(boolean)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Whether this field is backed by a large result set.

Specified by:

setLRS in interface FieldMetaData

getTypeName

public String getTypeName()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The value of the FieldMetaData.TYPE extension key.

Specified by:

getTypeName in interface FieldMetaData

setTypeName

public void setTypeName(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The value of the FieldMetaData.TYPE extension key.

Specified by:

setTypeName in interface FieldMetaData

getElementTypeName

public String getElementTypeName()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The value of the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_TYPE or FieldMetaData.VALUE_TYPE extension key.

Specified by:

getElementTypeName in interface FieldMetaData

setElementTypeName

public void setElementTypeName(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The value of the FieldMetaData.ELEMENT_TYPE or FieldMetaData.VALUE_TYPE extension key.

Specified by:

setElementTypeName in interface FieldMetaData

getKeyTypeName

public String getKeyTypeName()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The value of the FieldMetaData.KEY_TYPE extension key.

Specified by:

getKeyTypeName in interface FieldMetaData

setKeyTypeName

public void setKeyTypeName(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The value of the FieldMetaData.KEY_TYPE extension key.

Specified by:

setKeyTypeName in interface FieldMetaData

getFetchGroup

public String getFetchGroup()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the name of the custom fetch group for this field, or null if none.

Specified by:

getFetchGroup in interface FieldMetaData

setFetchGroup

public void setFetchGroup(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Set the name of the custom fetch group for this field.

Specified by:

setFetchGroup in interface FieldMetaData

getExternalizerMethod

public Method getExternalizerMethod()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The externalizer method.

Specified by:

getExternalizerMethod in interface FieldMetaData

getFactoryMethod

public Member getFactoryMethod()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The factory method or constructor.

Specified by:

getFactoryMethod in interface FieldMetaData

getExternalValue

public Object getExternalValue(Object,
                               KodoPersistenceManager)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Convert the given field value to its external value through the provided externalizer, or return the value as-is if no externalizer.

Specified by:

getExternalValue in interface FieldMetaData

getFieldValue

public Object getFieldValue(Object,
                            KodoPersistenceManager)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return the result of passing the given external value through the factory to get the field value. If no factory extension is present, the given value is returned as-is.

Specified by:

getFieldValue in interface FieldMetaData

getExternalizer

public String getExternalizer()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The name of this field's externalizer, or null if none.

Specified by:

getExternalizer in interface FieldMetaData

setExternalizer

public void setExternalizer(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The name of this field's externalizer, or null if none.

Specified by:

setExternalizer in interface FieldMetaData

getFactory

public String getFactory()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The name of this field's factory, or null if none.

Specified by:

getFactory in interface FieldMetaData

setFactory

public void setFactory(String)

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

The name of this field's factory, or null if none.

Specified by:

setFactory in interface FieldMetaData

isResolved

public boolean isResolved()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

Return whether this field has been resolved.

Specified by:

isResolved in interface FieldMetaData

invalidateResolve

public void invalidateResolve()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

For implementation use. Invalidate the field's resolve.

Specified by:

invalidateResolve in interface FieldMetaData

resolve

public void resolve()

Description copied from interface: FieldMetaData

For implementation use. This method resolves fields that might be other first class objects, and caches frequently-accessed data. It requires access to a respository. It can use the repository to access class metadatas, but it cannot access other field metadatas.

Specified by:

resolve in interface FieldMetaData