Package org.apache.cayenne.map

Class EmbeddedAttribute

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute

org.apache.cayenne.map.ObjAttribute

org.apache.cayenne.map.EmbeddedAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, ConfigurationNode, CayenneMapEntry, XMLSerializable

public class EmbeddedAttribute
extends ObjAttribute

An attribute of the ObjEntity that maps to an embeddable class.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Map<String,String>	attributeOverrides

Fields inherited from class org.apache.cayenne.map.ObjAttribute

dbAttributePath, lazy, type, usedForLocking

Fields inherited from class org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute

entity, name

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EmbeddedAttribute()
EmbeddedAttribute(String name)
EmbeddedAttribute(String name, String type, ObjEntity entity)
EmbeddedAttribute(EmbeddedAttribute other)	Copying constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addAttributeOverride(String name, String dbAttributeName)
void	encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder, ConfigurationNodeVisitor delegate)	Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.
ObjAttribute	getAttribute(String name)	Returns an ObjAttribute for a given name, taking into account column name overrides.
ObjAttribute	getAttributeForDbPath(String dbPath)	Returns an ObjAttribute that maps to a given DbAttribute, or returns null if no such attribute exists.
Map<String,String>	getAttributeOverrides()
Collection<ObjAttribute>	getAttributes()	Returns a Collection of ObjAttributes of an embedded object taking into account column name overrides.
Embeddable	getEmbeddable()
Class<?>	getJavaClass()	Returns Java class of an object property described by this attribute.
String	getType()	Returns a type of this attribute that must be an Embeddable object.
void	removeAttributeOverride(String name)
void	setType(String type)	Sets a type of this attribute that must be an Embeddable object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.cayenne.map.ObjAttribute

acceptVisitor, getClientAttribute, getDbAttribute, getDbAttributeName, getDbAttributePath, getDbPathIterator, getDbPathIterator, getEntity, getMaxLength, isFlattened, isInherited, isLazy, isMandatory, isPrimaryKey, isUsedForLocking, setDbAttributePath, setLazy, setUsedForLocking, toString, updateDbAttributePath

Methods inherited from class org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute

getName, getParent, setEntity, setName, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

attributeOverrides

protected Map<String,String> attributeOverrides

Constructor Details

EmbeddedAttribute

public EmbeddedAttribute()

EmbeddedAttribute

public EmbeddedAttribute(String name)

EmbeddedAttribute

public EmbeddedAttribute(String name,
 String type,
 ObjEntity entity)

EmbeddedAttribute

public EmbeddedAttribute(EmbeddedAttribute other)

Copying constructor

Parameters:

other - attribute to copy

Since:

4.2

Method Details

encodeAsXML

public void encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder,
 ConfigurationNodeVisitor delegate)

Description copied from class: ObjAttribute

Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.

Specified by:

encodeAsXML in interface XMLSerializable

Overrides:

encodeAsXML in class ObjAttribute

getAttributeOverrides

public Map<String,String> getAttributeOverrides()

getEmbeddable

public Embeddable getEmbeddable()

getAttributeForDbPath

public ObjAttribute getAttributeForDbPath(String dbPath)

Returns an ObjAttribute that maps to a given DbAttribute, or returns null if no such attribute exists.

getAttribute

public ObjAttribute getAttribute(String name)

Returns an ObjAttribute for a given name, taking into account column name overrides.

getAttributes

public Collection<ObjAttribute> getAttributes()

Returns a Collection of ObjAttributes of an embedded object taking into account column name overrides.

addAttributeOverride

public void addAttributeOverride(String name,
 String dbAttributeName)

removeAttributeOverride

public void removeAttributeOverride(String name)

getType

public String getType()

Returns a type of this attribute that must be an Embeddable object.

Overrides:

getType in class ObjAttribute

getJavaClass

public Class<?> getJavaClass()

Returns Java class of an object property described by this attribute. Wraps any thrown exceptions into CayenneRuntimeException.

Overrides:

getJavaClass in class ObjAttribute

setType

public void setType(String type)

Sets a type of this attribute that must be an Embeddable object.

Overrides:

setType in class ObjAttribute