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org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi

public Interface EntityIdentifierDefinition

Known Direct Subinterfaces: org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition, org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi.EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition

Describes aspects of the identifier for an entity

Author: Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public EntityDefinition	getEntityDefinition()
public boolean	Returns: `true` indicates the identifier is encapsulated (and therefore this is castable to `EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition`); `false` means it is not encapsulated (and therefore castable to `NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition`). isEncapsulated() Is the entity identifier encapsulated?

Method Detail

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public EntityDefinition getEntityDefinition()

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public boolean isEncapsulated()

Is the entity identifier encapsulated? Meaning, is it represented by a single attribute?

Returns:boolean: true indicates the identifier is encapsulated (and therefore this is castable to EncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition); false means it is not encapsulated (and therefore castable to NonEncapsulatedEntityIdentifierDefinition).