Package org.hibernate.persister.entity

Interface DiscriminatorMetadata

public interface DiscriminatorMetadata
Provides the information needed to properly handle type discrimination in HQL queries, either by 'something.class' or 'type(something)' references.

  • Method Details

    • getSqlFragment

      String getSqlFragment(String sqlQualificationAlias)
      Get the sql fragment that is used to determine the actual discriminator value for a row.
      Parameters:
      sqlQualificationAlias - The qualification alias to append to any columns references in the generated fragment.
      Returns:
      The fragment

    • getResolutionType

      Type getResolutionType()
      Get the type used to resolve the actual discriminator value resulting from getSqlFragment(java.lang.String) back into a Class reference.
      Returns:
      The resolution type.