Interface EntityType<X>

Type Parameters:

X - The represented entity type.

All Superinterfaces:

Bindable<X>, IdentifiableType<X>, ManagedType<X>, Type<X>

public interface EntityType<X>
extends IdentifiableType<X>, Bindable<X>

An instance of EntityType represents an entity type.

Since:

2.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Bindable

Bindable.BindableType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface Type

Type.PersistenceType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EntityGraph<X>	createEntityGraph()	Create a new mutable EntityGraph with this given root entity type, allowing programmatic definition of the graph.
String	getName()	Return the entity name.
Map<String, EntityGraph<X>>	getNamedEntityGraphs()	A map keyed by graph name, containing every named entity graph whose root entity type is exactly this type.

Methods inherited from interface Bindable

getBindableJavaType, getBindableType

Methods inherited from interface IdentifiableType

getDeclaredId, getDeclaredVersion, getId, getIdClassAttributes, getIdType, getSupertype, getVersion, hasSingleIdAttribute, hasVersionAttribute

Methods inherited from interface ManagedType

getAttribute, getAttributes, getCollection, getCollection, getDeclaredAttribute, getDeclaredAttributes, getDeclaredCollection, getDeclaredCollection, getDeclaredList, getDeclaredList, getDeclaredMap, getDeclaredMap, getDeclaredPluralAttributes, getDeclaredSet, getDeclaredSet, getDeclaredSingularAttribute, getDeclaredSingularAttribute, getDeclaredSingularAttributes, getList, getList, getMap, getMap, getPluralAttributes, getSet, getSet, getSingularAttribute, getSingularAttribute, getSingularAttributes

Methods inherited from interface Type

getJavaType, getPersistenceType

Method Details

getName

@Nonnull
String getName()

Return the entity name.

Returns:

entity name

createEntityGraph

@Nonnull
EntityGraph<X> createEntityGraph()

Create a new mutable EntityGraph with this given root entity type, allowing programmatic definition of the graph.

Returns:

a trivial entity graph with only a root node

Since:

4.0

See Also:

• EntityHandler.createEntityGraph(Class)

getNamedEntityGraphs

@Nonnull
Map<String, EntityGraph<X>> getNamedEntityGraphs()

A map keyed by graph name, containing every named entity graph whose root entity type is exactly this type.

Returns:

a map keyed by graph name

Since:

4.0

See Also:

• EntityManagerFactory.getNamedEntityGraphs(Class)