Hibernate example source code file (Mapping.java)

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The Hibernate Mapping.java source code

/*
 * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.engine.spi;

import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.id.factory.IdentifierGeneratorFactory;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;

/**
 * Defines operations common to "compiled" mappings (ie. <tt>SessionFactory)
 * and "uncompiled" mappings (ie. <tt>Configuration) that are used by
 * implementors of <tt>Type.
 *
 * @see org.hibernate.type.Type
 * @see org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl
 * @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration
 * @author Gavin King
 */
public interface Mapping {
	/**
	 * Allow access to the id generator factory, though this is only needed/allowed from configuration.
	 * @return
	 * @deprecated temporary solution 
	 */
	public IdentifierGeneratorFactory getIdentifierGeneratorFactory();
	public Type getIdentifierType(String className) throws MappingException;
	public String getIdentifierPropertyName(String className) throws MappingException;
	public Type getReferencedPropertyType(String className, String propertyName) throws MappingException;
}