org.hrorm

Interface KeylessDaoDescriptor<ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>

Type Parameters:

ENTITY - The type representing the enitity being persisted.

ENTITYBUILDER - The type of object that can build an ENTITY instance.

All Known Subinterfaces:

DaoDescriptor<ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>, SchemaDescriptor<ENTITY,BUILDER>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDao, AbstractDaoBuilder, AbstractKeylessDaoBuilder, AssociationDaoBuilder, DaoBuilder, DaoImpl, IndirectDaoBuilder, IndirectKeylessDaoBuilder, KeylessDaoImpl, RelativeDaoDescriptor

public interface KeylessDaoDescriptor<ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>

Implementers of this interface completely describe all the information necessary to persisting objects of type ENTITY, except for the primary key.

See also: DaoDescriptor

Most users of hrorm will have no need to directly use this.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default List<Column<?,?,ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>>	allColumns() All the columns of the underlying table, both data type and join type.
Function<ENTITYBUILDER,ENTITY>	buildFunction() The mechanism for building a new entity instance.
default List<Column<?,?,ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>>	dataColumns() The columns that contain the data that make up the object
ColumnCollection<ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>	getColumnCollection()
default List<JoinColumn<ENTITY,?,ENTITYBUILDER,?>>	joinColumns() The columns that contain references to foreign keys to other objects
default Map<String,ChildSelectStrategy>	joinedSelectStrategies() The child select strategies used by any joined DAO objects, keyed by their table names.
default List<Column<?,?,ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>>	nonJoinColumns() All the columns in the DAO, except those that represent joins to other entities, including primary key and parent column.
default ColumnSelection<ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>	select(String... columnNames)
Supplier<ENTITYBUILDER>	supplier() The mechanism to use to instantiate a new instance of type ENTITY, generally a no-argument constructor of the class.
String	tableName() The name of the table that is used to persist type ENTITY

Method Detail

tableName

String tableName()

The name of the table that is used to persist type ENTITY

Returns:

the table name

supplier

Supplier<ENTITYBUILDER> supplier()

The mechanism to use to instantiate a new instance of type ENTITY, generally a no-argument constructor of the class.

Returns:

A function pointer to the instantiation mechanism

buildFunction

Function<ENTITYBUILDER,ENTITY> buildFunction()

The mechanism for building a new entity instance.

Returns:

the build function

select

default ColumnSelection<ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER> select(String... columnNames)

getColumnCollection

ColumnCollection<ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER> getColumnCollection()

nonJoinColumns

default List<Column<?,?,ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>> nonJoinColumns()

All the columns in the DAO, except those that represent joins to other entities, including primary key and parent column.

Returns:

all the data and other non-join columns

dataColumns

default List<Column<?,?,ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>> dataColumns()

The columns that contain the data that make up the object

Returns:

all the data columns supported

allColumns

default List<Column<?,?,ENTITY,ENTITYBUILDER>> allColumns()

All the columns of the underlying table, both data type and join type.

Returns:

all the columns

joinColumns

default List<JoinColumn<ENTITY,?,ENTITYBUILDER,?>> joinColumns()

The columns that contain references to foreign keys to other objects

Returns:

all the reference columns supported

joinedSelectStrategies

default Map<String,ChildSelectStrategy> joinedSelectStrategies()

The child select strategies used by any joined DAO objects, keyed by their table names.

Returns:

the map.