org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata
Class CollectionDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.DescriptorBase
      org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.AttributeDescriptorBase
          org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.ObjectReferenceDescriptor
              org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.CollectionDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeContainer, RepositoryElements, java.io.Serializable, XmlCapable

public class CollectionDescriptor

extends ObjectReferenceDescriptor

mapping Description for member fields that are Collections
Note: Be careful when use references of this class or caching instances of this class, because instances could become invalid (see MetadataManager).

Version:

$Id: CollectionDescriptor.java 365232 2005-12-21 22:36:07Z tomdz $

Author:

Thomas Mahler

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.ObjectReferenceDescriptor

CASCADE_LINK, CASCADE_NONE, CASCADE_OBJECT

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.RepositoryElements

_NEXT, ACCEPT_LOCKS, ACCESS, ATTRIBUTE, ATTRIBUTE_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_VALUE, AUTO_DELETE, AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_RETRIEVE, AUTO_UPDATE, BATCH_MODE, CASCADE_LINK_STR, CASCADE_NONE_STR, CASCADE_OBJECT_STR, CLASS_DESCRIPTOR, CLASS_EXTENT, CLASS_NAME, CLASS_PROXY, CLASS_REF, COLLECTION_CLASS, COLLECTION_DESCRIPTOR, COLUMN_NAME, CON_LOG_ABANDONED, CON_MAX_ACTIVE, CON_MAX_IDLE, CON_MAX_WAIT, CON_MIN_EVICTABLE_IDLE_TIME_MILLIS, CON_NUM_TESTS_PER_EVICTION_RUN, CON_REMOVE_ABANDONED, CON_REMOVE_ABANDONED_TIMEOUT, CON_TEST_ON_BORROW, CON_TEST_ON_RETURN, CON_TEST_WHILE_IDLE, CON_TIME_BETWEEN_EVICTION_RUNS_MILLIS, CON_WHEN_EXHAUSTED_ACTION, CONNECTION_FACTORY, CONNECTION_POOL, CONSTANT_ARGUMENT, DATASOURCE_NAME, DBMS_NAME, DEFAULT_CONNECTION, DELETE_PROCEDURE, DOCUMENTATION, DRIVER_NAME, EAGER_RELEASE, EXTENDS, FACTORY_CLASS, FACTORY_METHOD, FIELD_CONVERSION, FIELD_DESCRIPTOR, FIELD_ID_REF, FIELD_NAME, FIELD_REF, FK_POINTING_TO_ITEMS_CLASS, FK_POINTING_TO_THIS_CLASS, FOREIGN_KEY, ID, IGNORE_AUTOCOMMIT_EXCEPTION, INCLUDE_ALL_FIELDS, INCLUDE_PK_FIELDS_ONLY, INDEX_COLUMN, INDEX_DESCRIPTOR, INDEXED, INDIRECTION_TABLE, INITIALIZATION_METHOD, INSERT_PROCEDURE, INVERSE_FK, ISOLATION_LEVEL, ITEMS_CLASS, JCD_ALIAS, JDBC_CONNECTION_DESCRIPTOR, JDBC_LEVEL, JDBC_TYPE, LENGTH, LOCKING, MAPPING_REPOSITORY, NAME, NULLABLE, OBJECT_CACHE, ORDERBY, OTM_DEPENDENT, PRECISION, PRIMARY_KEY, PROXY_PREFETCHING_LIMIT, PROXY_REFERENCE, QUERY_CUSTOMIZER, REFERENCE_DESCRIPTOR, REFERENCED_CLASS, REFRESH, REPOSITORY_VERSION, RETURN, RETURN_FIELD_REF, ROW_READER, RUNTIME_ARGUMENT, SCALE, SCHEMA_NAME, SEQUENCE_MANAGER, SEQUENCE_MANAGER_CLASS, SEQUENCE_NAME, SORT, TABLE_NAME, TAG_ACCESS, TAG_ACCESS_ANONYMOUS, TAG_ACCESS_READONLY, TAG_ACCESS_READWRITE, TAG_SUPER, UNIQUE, UPDATE_LOCK, UPDATE_PROCEDURE, URL_DBALIAS, URL_PROTOCOL, URL_SUBPROTOCOL, USE_AUTOCOMMIT, USER_NAME, USER_PASSWD, VALIDATION_QUERY, VALUE

Constructor Summary

CollectionDescriptor(ClassDescriptor descriptor)

Method Summary

void	addFkToItemClass(java.lang.String column) add a FK column pointing to the item Class
void	addFkToThisClass(java.lang.String column) add a FK column pointing to This Class
void	addOrderBy(java.lang.String fieldName, boolean sortAscending) Adds a field for orderBy
java.lang.Class	getCollectionClass() returns the type of the collection.
java.lang.String	getCollectionClassName() Retrieve the classname of the collection.
java.lang.String[]	getFksToItemClass()
java.lang.String[]	getFksToThisClass()
java.lang.String	getIndirectionTable()
java.util.Collection	getOrderBy() Returns the orderby Collection of Fields.
QueryCustomizer	getQueryCustomizer()
boolean	hasProxyItems()
boolean	isMtoNRelation()
void	setCollectionClass(java.lang.Class c) set the type of the collection
void	setFksToItemClass(java.util.Vector fksToItemClass)
void	setFksToThisClass(java.util.Vector fksToThisClass)
void	setIndirectionTable(java.lang.String indirectionTable)
void	setQueryCustomizer(QueryCustomizer queryCustomizer) Sets the queryCustomizer.
java.lang.String	toXML() returns the XML marshalled version of this instance.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.ObjectReferenceDescriptor

addForeignKeyField, addForeignKeyField, getCascadeAsString, getCascadeDelete, getCascadeRetrieve, getCascadeStore, getCascadingDelete, getCascadingStore, getForeignKeyFieldDescriptors, getForeignKeyFields, getForeignKeyValues, getItemClass, getItemClassName, getItemProxyClass, getOtmDependent, getProxyPrefetchingLimit, hasConstraint, isLazy, isRefresh, isSuperReferenceDescriptor, setCascadeDelete, setCascadeRetrieve, setCascadeStore, setCascadingDelete, setCascadingDelete, setCascadingStore, setCascadingStore, setConstraint, setForeignKeyFields, setItemClass, setLazy, setOtmDependent, setProxyPrefetchingLimit, setRefresh, toString

Methods inherited from class org.apache.ojb.broker.metadata.AttributeDescriptorBase

addAttribute, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeName, getAttributeNames, getAttributes, getClassDescriptor, getPersistentField, setClassDescriptor, setPersistentField, setPersistentField

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CollectionDescriptor

public CollectionDescriptor(ClassDescriptor descriptor)

Method Detail

getFksToThisClass

public java.lang.String[] getFksToThisClass()

setFksToThisClass

public void setFksToThisClass(java.util.Vector fksToThisClass)

addFkToThisClass

public void addFkToThisClass(java.lang.String column)

add a FK column pointing to This Class

addFkToItemClass

public void addFkToItemClass(java.lang.String column)

add a FK column pointing to the item Class

getCollectionClass

public java.lang.Class getCollectionClass()

returns the type of the collection.

Returns:

java.lang.Class

setCollectionClass

public void setCollectionClass(java.lang.Class c)

set the type of the collection

Parameters:

c - the collection type

getCollectionClassName

public java.lang.String getCollectionClassName()

Retrieve the classname of the collection.

getIndirectionTable

public java.lang.String getIndirectionTable()

setIndirectionTable

public void setIndirectionTable(java.lang.String indirectionTable)

getFksToItemClass

public java.lang.String[] getFksToItemClass()

setFksToItemClass

public void setFksToItemClass(java.util.Vector fksToItemClass)

isMtoNRelation

public boolean isMtoNRelation()

addOrderBy

public void addOrderBy(java.lang.String fieldName,
                       boolean sortAscending)

Adds a field for orderBy

Parameters:

fieldName - The field name to be used

sortAscending - true for ASCENDING, false for DESCENDING

getOrderBy

public java.util.Collection getOrderBy()

Returns the orderby Collection of Fields.

Returns:

Collection

toXML

public java.lang.String toXML()

Description copied from interface: XmlCapable

returns the XML marshalled version of this instance.

Specified by:

toXML in interface XmlCapable

Overrides:

toXML in class ObjectReferenceDescriptor

getQueryCustomizer

public QueryCustomizer getQueryCustomizer()

Returns:

QueryCustomizer

setQueryCustomizer

public void setQueryCustomizer(QueryCustomizer queryCustomizer)

Sets the queryCustomizer.

Parameters:

queryCustomizer - The queryCustomizer to set

hasProxyItems

public boolean hasProxyItems()
                      throws PersistenceBrokerException

Throws:

PersistenceBrokerException