EmbeddableSource (Hibernate Javadocs)

All Superinterfaces:: AttributeSourceContainer, ToolingHintContextContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:: EmbeddableSourceImpl, EmbeddableSourceVirtualImpl

public interface EmbeddableSource extends AttributeSourceContainer

Represents the binding source for an "embeddable" (in JPA terms) or "composite" (in legacy Hibernate terms).

Note that this really models the JPA concept of an Embedded, more than the Embeddable.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

String

getParentReferenceAttributeName()

JavaTypeDescriptor

getTypeDescriptor()

boolean

isDynamic()

Indicates whether this embeddable/component is dynamic (represented as a Map), or whether a dedicated class for it is available.

boolean

isUnique()

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.AttributeSourceContainer
attributeSources, getAttributePathBase, getAttributeRoleBase, getLocalMetadataBuildingContext

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.ToolingHintContextContainer
getToolingHintContext

Method Details
- getTypeDescriptor
  
  JavaTypeDescriptor getTypeDescriptor()
- getParentReferenceAttributeName
  
  String getParentReferenceAttributeName()
- isDynamic
  
  boolean isDynamic()
  
  Indicates whether this embeddable/component is dynamic (represented as a Map), or whether a dedicated class for it is available.
  
  Returns:
  
  true indicates that the composition is represented as a Map; false indicates there is a dedicated class for representing the composition.
- isUnique
  
  boolean isUnique()