org.hibernate.property

Interface Getter

All Superinterfaces:
Serializable
Known Implementing Classes:
BackrefPropertyAccessor.BackrefGetter, BasicPropertyAccessor.BasicGetter, DirectPropertyAccessor.DirectGetter, Dom4jAccessor.AttributeGetter, Dom4jAccessor.Dom4jGetter, Dom4jAccessor.ElementAttributeGetter, Dom4jAccessor.ElementGetter, Dom4jAccessor.TextGetter, EmbeddedPropertyAccessor.EmbeddedGetter, IndexPropertyAccessor.IndexGetter, MapAccessor.MapGetter

public interface Getter
extends Serializable

Gets values of a particular property
Author:
Gavin King

Method Summary

Object
get(Object owner)
Get the property value from the given instance .
Object
getForInsert(Object owner, Map mergeMap, SessionImplementor session)
Get the property value from the given owner instance.
Method
getMethod()
Optional operation (return null)
String
getMethodName()
Optional operation (return null)
Class
getReturnType()
Get the declared Java type

Method Details

get

public Object get(Object owner)
            throws HibernateException
Get the property value from the given instance .
Parameters:
owner - The instance containing the value to be retreived.
Returns:
The extracted value.

getForInsert

public Object getForInsert(Object owner,
                           Map mergeMap,
                           SessionImplementor session)
            throws HibernateException
Get the property value from the given owner instance.
Parameters:
owner - The instance containing the value to be retreived.
mergeMap - a map of merged persistent instances to detached instances
session - The session from which this request originated.
Returns:
The extracted value.

getMethod

public Method getMethod()
Optional operation (return null)

getMethodName

public String getMethodName()
Optional operation (return null)

getReturnType

public Class getReturnType()
Get the declared Java type