public abstract Class AbstractSerializedObjectPolicy

Overrides java.lang.Object.clone.

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.clone.

Doc from java.lang.Object.clone.

Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object x, the expression:

x.clone() != x

x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()

x.clone().equals(x)

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling super.clone. If a class and all of its superclasses (except Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass().

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by super.clone before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone need to be modified.

Returns:AbstractSerializedObjectPolicy

a clone of this instance.

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@Override

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.getDescriptor.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.getDescriptor.

get owning descriptor

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@Override

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.getField.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.getField.

get the field that stores sopObject in the database (sopField)

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@Override

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.initializeField.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.initializeField.

unless the field is already initialized by parent descriptor, add the field to the owning descriptor and set field's type

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@Override

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.setDescriptor.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.setDescriptor.

set owning descriptor

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@Override

Implements org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.setField.

Doc from org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.SerializedObjectPolicy.setField.

set the field that stores sopObject in the database (sopField)

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@Override