org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql

Class MappingTypeHelper

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.MappingTypeHelper

public final class MappingTypeHelper
extends java.lang.Object

This class has helper methods that determine the type of the IMapping.

Since:

2.3

Version:

2.3

Author:

Pascal Filion

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MappingTypeHelper()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isCollectionMapping(IMapping mapping) Determines whether the given IMapping is a collection type mapping.
static boolean	isCollectionMapping(IMappingType mappingType) Determines whether the given IMappingType is considered a collection mapping.
static boolean	isPropertyMapping(IMapping mapping) Determines whether the given IMapping is a not a collection type mapping.
static boolean	isPropertyMapping(IMappingType mappingType) Determines whether the given IMappingType is a not a property type mapping.
static boolean	isRelationshipMapping(IMapping mapping) Determines whether the given IMapping is a relationship type mapping.
static boolean	isRelationshipMapping(IMappingType mappingType) Determines whether the given IMappingType is considered a relationship mapping.
static boolean	isTransientMapping(IMapping mapping) Determines whether the given IMapping is a transient mapping.
static IMappingType	mappingType(IMapping mapping) Retrieves the IMappingType from the given IMapping.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MappingTypeHelper

public MappingTypeHelper()

Method Detail

isCollectionMapping

public static boolean isCollectionMapping(IMapping mapping)

Determines whether the given IMapping is a collection type mapping.

Parameters:

mapping - The IMapping to verify if it's property mapping

Returns:

true if the given IMapping is a collection mapping; false otherwise

isCollectionMapping

public static boolean isCollectionMapping(IMappingType mappingType)

Determines whether the given IMappingType is considered a collection mapping.

Parameters:

mappingType - The IMappingType to verify if it's collection mapping

Returns:

true if the given IMapping is considered a collection mapping; false otherwise

isPropertyMapping

public static boolean isPropertyMapping(IMapping mapping)

Determines whether the given IMapping is a not a collection type mapping.

Parameters:

mapping - The IMapping to verify if it's property mapping

Returns:

true if the given IMapping is a not collection mapping; false otherwise

isPropertyMapping

public static boolean isPropertyMapping(IMappingType mappingType)

Determines whether the given IMappingType is a not a property type mapping.

Parameters:

mappingType - The IMappingType to verify if it's property mapping

Returns:

true if the given IMappingType is a not collection mapping; false otherwise

isRelationshipMapping

public static boolean isRelationshipMapping(IMapping mapping)

Determines whether the given IMapping is a relationship type mapping.

Parameters:

mapping - The IMapping to verify if it's a relationship mapping

Returns:

true if the given IMapping is a relationship mapping; false otherwise

isRelationshipMapping

public static boolean isRelationshipMapping(IMappingType mappingType)

Determines whether the given IMappingType is considered a relationship mapping.

Parameters:

mappingType - The IMappingType to verify if it's a relationship mapping

Returns:

true if the given IMapping is considered a relationship mapping; false otherwise

isTransientMapping

public static boolean isTransientMapping(IMapping mapping)

Determines whether the given IMapping is a transient mapping.

Parameters:

mapping - The IMapping to verify if it's a transient mapping

Returns:

true if the given IMapping is a transient mapping; false otherwise

mappingType

public static IMappingType mappingType(IMapping mapping)

Retrieves the IMappingType from the given IMapping.

Parameters:

mapping - The IMapping, which can be null

Returns:

The given IMapping's type or IMappingType.TRANSIENT if the mapping is null