Module jakarta.data

Package jakarta.data.metamodel

Interface NavigableAttribute<T,U>

Type Parameters:

T - entity class of the static metamodel.

U - type of entity attribute.

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<T>, NavigableExpression<T,U>

public interface NavigableAttribute<T,U>
extends Attribute<T>, NavigableExpression<T,U>

Represents an entity attribute that is an embeddable or association to another entity. These types of entity attributes have attributes of their own that can be navigated to.

Since:

1.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T, U> NavigableAttribute<T,U>	of(Class<T> entityClass, String name, Class<U> attributeType)	Creates a static metamodel NavigableAttribute representing the entity attribute with the specified name.
Class<U>	type()	Obtain the Java class of the entity attribute.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.data.metamodel.Attribute

declaringType, name

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.data.expression.NavigableExpression

navigate, navigate, navigate, navigate, navigate, navigate

Method Details

type

Class<U> type()

Description copied from interface: Attribute

Obtain the Java class of the entity attribute.

Specified by:

type in interface Attribute<T>

Returns:

the type of the entity attribute.

of

static <T,
U> NavigableAttribute<T,U> of(Class<T> entityClass,
 String name,
 Class<U> attributeType)

Creates a static metamodel NavigableAttribute representing the entity attribute with the specified name.

Type Parameters:

T - entity class of the static metamodel.

U - type of entity attribute.

Parameters:

entityClass - the entity class.

name - the name of the entity attribute.

attributeType - type of the entity attribute.

Returns:

instance of NavigableAttribute.