Package org.hibernate.metamodel

Enum Class ValueClassification

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ValueClassification>

org.hibernate.metamodel.ValueClassification

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ValueClassification>, Constable

public enum ValueClassification
extends Enum<ValueClassification>

At the end of the day, any "value mapping" (id, version, attribute, collection element, etc.) can be one of a few classifications. This defines an enumeration of those classifications.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
ANY	ANY is a Hibernate-specific concept.
BASIC	The mapped value is a basic value (String, Date, etc).
EMBEDDABLE	An Embeddable value
ENTITY	Reference to an entity

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ValueClassification	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static ValueClassification[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

BASIC

public static final ValueClassification BASIC

The mapped value is a basic value (String, Date, etc).

ANY

public static final ValueClassification ANY

ANY is a Hibernate-specific concept. It is essentially a "reverse discrimination". Here, the association itself defines a discriminator to the associated entity, sort of the reverse of discriminator-inheritance. Here the various associated types can be unrelated in terms of mapped inheritance.

EMBEDDABLE

public static final ValueClassification EMBEDDABLE

An Embeddable value

ENTITY

public static final ValueClassification ENTITY

Reference to an entity

Method Details

values

public static ValueClassification[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ValueClassification valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null