org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping

public Interface ValueMapping

Known Direct Subinterfaces: org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.BasicValuedMapping, org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.ValuedModelPart
Imports: java.util.Locale, org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaType, .JavaTypedExpressible

Describes a mapping related to any part of the app's domain model, for example, an attribute, an entity identifier, collection elements, etc. Used during generation of a SQL AST.

Author: Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public default JavaType<?>	getExpressibleJavaType() Implements org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaTypedExpressible.getExpressibleJavaType.
public MappingType	getMappedType() Descriptor for the type of this mapping
public default <X> X	treatAs(Class<X> targetType) Treat operation.

Inherited from org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaTypedExpressible:: addToCacheKey

Method Detail

getExpressibleJavaType	back to summary
public default JavaType<?> getExpressibleJavaType() Implements org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaTypedExpressible.getExpressibleJavaType. Annotations @Override

getExpressibleJavaType

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public default JavaType<?> getExpressibleJavaType()

Implements org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.JavaTypedExpressible.getExpressibleJavaType.

Annotations

@Override

getMappedType	back to summary
public MappingType getMappedType() Descriptor for the type of this mapping

treatAs	back to summary
public default <X> X treatAs(Class<X> targetType) Treat operation. Asks the ValueMapping to treat itself as the given `targetType`, if it can. API Note This is not necessarily limited to things the ValueMapping itself implements. Implementation Note This default implementation is however limited to just things the ValueMapping itself implements.