Property (cayenne-doc: Cayenne Documentation 4.2 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ComparableProperty<E>, IdProperty<E>, PathProperty<E>, RelationshipProperty<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseIdProperty, BaseProperty, CollectionProperty, DateProperty, EmbeddableProperty, EntityProperty, ListProperty, MapProperty, NumericIdProperty, NumericProperty, Property, SetProperty, StringProperty
```
public interface Property<E>
```
Base interface for all types of properties

Since:

4.2

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String getAlias()
  
  Expression getExpression()
  
  String getName()
  
  Class<E> getType()

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    name of this property, can be null
  - getAlias
```
String getAlias()
```
    Returns:
    
    alias of this property, can be null
  - getExpression
```
Expression getExpression()
```
    Returns:
    
    expression that defines this property, not null
  - getType
```
Class<E> getType()
```
    Returns:
    
    java type of this property, can be null