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version 4.8.30

com.sleepycat.persist.model
Class SecondaryKeyMetadata

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.sleepycat.persist.model.FieldMetadata
      extended by com.sleepycat.persist.model.SecondaryKeyMetadata
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable

public class SecondaryKeyMetadata
extends FieldMetadata

The metadata for a secondary key field. A secondary key may be specified with the SecondaryKey annotation.

SecondaryKeyMetadata objects are thread-safe. Multiple threads may safely call the methods of a shared SecondaryKeyMetadata object.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
SecondaryKeyMetadata(String name, String className, String declaringClassName, String elementClassName, String keyName, Relationship relationship, String relatedEntity, DeleteAction deleteAction)
          Used by an EntityModel to construct secondary key metadata.
 
Method Summary
 boolean equals(Object other)
           
 DeleteAction getDeleteAction()
          Returns the action to take when a related entity is deleted having a primary key value that exists as a secondary key value for this entity.
 String getElementClassName()
          Returns the class name of the array or collection element for a ONE_TO_MANY or MANY_TO_MANY relationship, or null for a Relationship#ONE_TO_ONE ONE_TO_ONE} or MANY_TO_ONE relationship.
 String getKeyName()
          Returns the key name, which may be different from the field name.
 String getRelatedEntity()
          Returns the class name of the related (foreign) entity, for which foreign key constraints are specified using the SecondaryKey.relatedEntity() annotation.
 Relationship getRelationship()
          Returns the relationship between instances of the entity class and the secondary keys.
 int hashCode()
           
 
Methods inherited from class com.sleepycat.persist.model.FieldMetadata
getClassName, getDeclaringClassName, getName, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

SecondaryKeyMetadata

public SecondaryKeyMetadata(String name,
                            String className,
                            String declaringClassName,
                            String elementClassName,
                            String keyName,
                            Relationship relationship,
                            String relatedEntity,
                            DeleteAction deleteAction)
Used by an EntityModel to construct secondary key metadata.

Method Detail

getElementClassName

public String getElementClassName()
Returns the class name of the array or collection element for a ONE_TO_MANY or MANY_TO_MANY relationship, or null for a Relationship#ONE_TO_ONE ONE_TO_ONE} or MANY_TO_ONE relationship.


getKeyName

public String getKeyName()
Returns the key name, which may be different from the field name.


getRelationship

public Relationship getRelationship()
Returns the relationship between instances of the entity class and the secondary keys. This may be specified using the SecondaryKey.relate() annotation.


getRelatedEntity

public String getRelatedEntity()
Returns the class name of the related (foreign) entity, for which foreign key constraints are specified using the SecondaryKey.relatedEntity() annotation.


getDeleteAction

public DeleteAction getDeleteAction()
Returns the action to take when a related entity is deleted having a primary key value that exists as a secondary key value for this entity. This may be specified using the SecondaryKey.onRelatedEntityDelete() annotation.


equals

public boolean equals(Object other)
Overrides:
equals in class FieldMetadata

hashCode

public int hashCode()
Overrides:
hashCode in class FieldMetadata

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