org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi.QuerySpace Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
*
* License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
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*/
package org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi;
import org.hibernate.persister.entity.PropertyMapping;
/**
* Defines a persister reference (either entity or collection) or a composite reference. In JPA terms this is
* an "abstract schema type" when discussing JPQL or JPA Criteria queries. This models a single source of attributes
* (and fetches).
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface QuerySpace {
/**
* The uid/alias which uniquely identifies this QuerySpace. Can be used to uniquely reference this
* QuerySpace elsewhere.
*
* @return The uid
*
* @see QuerySpaces#findQuerySpaceByUid(java.lang.String)
*/
public String getUid();
/**
* Get the {@link QuerySpaces} object that is our owner.
*
* @return The QuerySpaces containing this QuerySpace
*/
public QuerySpaces getQuerySpaces();
/**
* Get the {@link PropertyMapping} for this QuerySpace.
*
* @return The PropertyMapping
*/
public PropertyMapping getPropertyMapping();
/**
* Get the aliased column names for the specified property in the query space..
*
* @return the aliased column names for the specified property
* @param alias - the table alias
* @param propertyName - the property name
*/
public String[] toAliasedColumns(String alias, String propertyName);
/**
* Enumeration of the different types of QuerySpaces we can have.
*/
public static enum Disposition {
/**
* We have an entity-based QuerySpace. It is castable to {@link EntityQuerySpace} for more details.
*/
ENTITY,
/**
* We have a collection-based QuerySpace. It is castable to {@link CollectionQuerySpace} for more details.
*/
COLLECTION,
/**
* We have a composition-based QuerySpace. It is castable to {@link CompositeQuerySpace} for more details.
*/
COMPOSITE
}
/**
* What type of QuerySpace (more-specific) is this?
*
* @return The enum value representing the more-specific type of QuerySpace
*/
public Disposition getDisposition();
/**
* Obtain all joins which originate from this QuerySpace, in other words, all the joins which this QuerySpace is
* the left-hand-side of.
*
* For all the joins returned here, {@link Join#getLeftHandSide()} should point back to this QuerySpace such that
*
* space.getJoins().forEach{ join -> join.getLeftHandSide() == space }
*
* is true for all.
*
* @return The joins which originate from this query space.
*/
public Iterable getJoins();
}