Hibernate example source code file (PropertyData.java)

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The Hibernate PropertyData.java source code

/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.cfg;
import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XClass;
import org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection.XProperty;

public interface PropertyData {

	/**
	 * @return default member access (whether field or property)
	 * @throws MappingException No getter or field found or wrong JavaBean spec usage
	 */
	AccessType getDefaultAccess();

	/**
	 * @return property name
	 * @throws MappingException No getter or field found or wrong JavaBean spec usage
	 */
	String getPropertyName() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Returns the returned class itself or the element type if an array
	 */
	XClass getClassOrElement() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Return the class itself
	 */
	XClass getPropertyClass() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Returns the returned class name itself or the element type if an array
	 */
	String getClassOrElementName() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Returns the returned class name itself
	 */
	String getTypeName() throws MappingException;

	/**
	 * Return the Hibernate mapping property
	 */
	XProperty getProperty();

	/**
	 * Return the Class the property is declared on
	 * If the property is declared on a @MappedSuperclass,
	 * this class will be different than the PersistentClass's class
	 */
	XClass getDeclaringClass();
}