org.hibernate.tuple.component

Interface ComponentTuplizer

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Tuplizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractComponentTuplizer, Dom4jComponentTuplizer, DynamicMapComponentTuplizer, PojoComponentTuplizer

public interface ComponentTuplizer
extends Tuplizer, java.io.Serializable

Defines further responsibilities regarding tuplization based on a mapped components.

ComponentTuplizer implementations should have the following constructor signature: (org.hibernate.mapping.Component)

Author:

Gavin King, Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	getParent(java.lang.Object component) Retreive the current value of the parent property.
boolean	hasParentProperty() Does the component managed by this tuuplizer contain a parent property?
boolean	isMethodOf(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Is the given method available via the managed component as a property getter?
void	setParent(java.lang.Object component, java.lang.Object parent, SessionFactoryImplementor factory) Set the value of the parent property.

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.tuple.Tuplizer

getGetter, getMappedClass, getPropertyValue, getPropertyValues, instantiate, isInstance, setPropertyValues

Method Detail

getParent

java.lang.Object getParent(java.lang.Object component)

Retreive the current value of the parent property.

Parameters:

component - The component instance from which to extract the parent property value.

Returns:

The current value of the parent property.

setParent

void setParent(java.lang.Object component,
             java.lang.Object parent,
             SessionFactoryImplementor factory)

Set the value of the parent property.

Parameters:

component - The component instance on which to set the parent.

parent - The parent to be set on the comonent.

factory - The current session factory.

hasParentProperty

boolean hasParentProperty()

Does the component managed by this tuuplizer contain a parent property?

Returns:

True if the component does contain a parent property; false otherwise.

isMethodOf

boolean isMethodOf(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Is the given method available via the managed component as a property getter?

Parameters:

method - The method which to check against the managed component.

Returns:

True if the managed component is available from the managed component; else false.