org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta
Interface DiscriminatorStrategy

All Superinterfaces:

Strategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDiscriminatorStrategy, ClassNameDiscriminatorStrategy, Discriminator, InValueDiscriminatorStrategy, NoneDiscriminatorStrategy, SubclassJoinDiscriminatorStrategy, SuperclassDiscriminatorStrategy, ValueMapDiscriminatorStrategy

public interface DiscriminatorStrategy
extends Strategy

Handles determining the object class of database records.

Author:

Abe White

Method Summary

Class	getClass(JDBCStore store, ClassMapping base, Result result) Return the class for the current result row.
SQLBuffer	getClassConditions(Select sel, Joins joins, ClassMapping base, boolean subs) Return SQL to limit the classes selected as much as possible to the given base class, and optionally its subclasses.
void	loadSubclasses(JDBCStore store) Load all subclasses of the owning class mapping into the JVM.
boolean	select(Select sel, ClassMapping mapping) Select the data for this Discriminator.
void	setDiscriminator(Discriminator owner) Set the Discriminator that uses this strategy.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.Strategy

customDelete, customInsert, customUpdate, delete, getAlias, initialize, insert, isCustomDelete, isCustomInsert, isCustomUpdate, map, update

Method Detail

setDiscriminator

void setDiscriminator(Discriminator owner)

Set the Discriminator that uses this strategy. This will be called before use.

select

boolean select(Select sel,
               ClassMapping mapping)

Select the data for this Discriminator.

Parameters:

mapping - the known base class being selected; this may not be the base class in the inheritance hierarchy

Returns:

true if anything was selected; false otherwise

loadSubclasses

void loadSubclasses(JDBCStore store)
                    throws SQLException,
                           ClassNotFoundException

Load all subclasses of the owning class mapping into the JVM.

Throws:

SQLException

ClassNotFoundException

getClass

Class getClass(JDBCStore store,
               ClassMapping base,
               Result result)
               throws SQLException,
                      ClassNotFoundException

Return the class for the current result row.

Throws:

SQLException

ClassNotFoundException

getClassConditions

SQLBuffer getClassConditions(Select sel,
                             Joins joins,
                             ClassMapping base,
                             boolean subs)

Return SQL to limit the classes selected as much as possible to the given base class, and optionally its subclasses. Return null if no conditions needed. The select and joins instances are supplied in order to get column aliases.