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| java.lang.Object |
| <IMG SRC="../../../../resources/inherit.gif" ALT="extended by "><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.property">org.apache.cayenne.property.BaseClassDescriptor</A> |
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| <DT><PRE>public class <B>EntityDescriptor</B><DT>extends <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.property">BaseClassDescriptor</A></DL> |
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| A ClassDescriptor describing a persistent bean based on ObjEntity. |
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| <DT><B>Since:</B></DT> |
| <DD>1.2</DD> |
| <DT><B>Author:</B></DT> |
| <DD>Andrus Adamchik</DD> |
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| <!-- =========== FIELD SUMMARY =========== --> |
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| <CODE>protected boolean</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#dataObject">dataObject</A></B></CODE> |
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| </TD> |
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| <CODE>protected <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/ObjEntity.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">ObjEntity</A></CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#entity">entity</A></B></CODE> |
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| <TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#declaredProperties">declaredProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#objectClass">objectClass</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#persistenceStateProperty">persistenceStateProperty</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#subclassDescriptors">subclassDescriptors</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#superclassDescriptor">superclassDescriptor</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#valueHolderProperties">valueHolderProperties</A></CODE></TD> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#EntityDescriptor(org.apache.cayenne.map.ObjEntity, org.apache.cayenne.property.ClassDescriptor)">EntityDescriptor</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/ObjEntity.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">ObjEntity</A> entity, |
| <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/ClassDescriptor.html" title="interface in org.apache.cayenne.property">ClassDescriptor</A> superclassDescriptor)</CODE> |
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| Creates and compiles a class descriptor for a given entity.</TD> |
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| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#compile(org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityResolver)">compile</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityResolver.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">EntityResolver</A> resolver)</CODE> |
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| Prepares the descriptor.</TD> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE>protected void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#compileAttributes(java.util.Map)">compileAttributes</A></B>(java.util.Map allDescriptors)</CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Implements an attributes compilation step.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE>protected void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#compileRelationships(org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityResolver, java.util.Map)">compileRelationships</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityResolver.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">EntityResolver</A> resolver, |
| java.util.Map allDescriptors)</CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Implements a relationships compilation step.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE>protected void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#compileSpecialProperties()">compileSpecialProperties</A></B>()</CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Implements an attributes compilation step.</TD> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE>protected void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#compileSubclassMapping(org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityResolver, java.util.Map, org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityInheritanceTree)">compileSubclassMapping</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityResolver.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">EntityResolver</A> resolver, |
| java.util.Map subclassDescriptors, |
| <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityInheritanceTree.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">EntityInheritanceTree</A> treeNode)</CODE> |
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| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/ObjEntity.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">ObjEntity</A></CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#getEntity()">getEntity</A></B>()</CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Returns ObjEntity described by this object.</TD> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#removeDeclaredProperty(java.lang.String)">removeDeclaredProperty</A></B>(java.lang.String propertyName)</CODE> |
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| <BR> |
| Removes declared property.</TD> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#setDeclaredProperty(org.apache.cayenne.property.Property)">setDeclaredProperty</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/Property.html" title="interface in org.apache.cayenne.property">Property</A> property)</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Registers a property.</TD> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#shallowMerge(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">shallowMerge</A></B>(java.lang.Object from, |
| java.lang.Object to)</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Copies object properties from one object to another.</TD> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1"> |
| <CODE> java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD> |
| <TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityDescriptor.html#toString()">toString</A></B>()</CODE> |
| |
| <BR> |
| Overrides toString method of Object to provide a meaningful description.</TD> |
| </TR> |
| </TABLE> |
| <A NAME="methods_inherited_from_class_org.apache.cayenne.property.BaseClassDescriptor"><!-- --></A> |
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| <TH ALIGN="left"><B>Methods inherited from class org.apache.cayenne.property.<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.property">BaseClassDescriptor</A></B></TH> |
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| <TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor"> |
| <TD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#createObject()">createObject</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#getDeclaredProperty(java.lang.String)">getDeclaredProperty</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#getObjectClass()">getObjectClass</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#getProperties()">getProperties</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#getProperty(java.lang.String)">getProperty</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#getSubclassDescriptor(java.lang.Class)">getSubclassDescriptor</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#getSuperclassDescriptor()">getSuperclassDescriptor</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#injectValueHolders(java.lang.Object)">injectValueHolders</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#isFault(java.lang.Object)">isFault</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#isValid()">isValid</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#visitProperties(org.apache.cayenne.property.PropertyVisitor)">visitProperties</A></CODE></TD> |
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| <TD><CODE>clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait</CODE></TD> |
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| <A NAME="entity"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| entity</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/ObjEntity.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">ObjEntity</A> <B>entity</B></PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DL> |
| </DL> |
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| <A NAME="dataObject"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| dataObject</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected boolean <B>dataObject</B></PRE> |
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| <DL> |
| </DL> |
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| <A NAME="EntityDescriptor(org.apache.cayenne.map.ObjEntity, org.apache.cayenne.property.ClassDescriptor)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| EntityDescriptor</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public <B>EntityDescriptor</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/ObjEntity.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">ObjEntity</A> entity, |
| <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/ClassDescriptor.html" title="interface in org.apache.cayenne.property">ClassDescriptor</A> superclassDescriptor)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Creates and compiles a class descriptor for a given entity. A second optional |
| 'superclassDescriptor' parameter should be used if an entity has a super-entity. |
| <P> |
| </DL> |
| |
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| <A NAME="shallowMerge(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| shallowMerge</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>shallowMerge</B>(java.lang.Object from, |
| java.lang.Object to) |
| throws <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/PropertyAccessException.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.property">PropertyAccessException</A></PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD><B>Description copied from class: <CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#shallowMerge(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">BaseClassDescriptor</A></CODE></B></DD> |
| <DD>Copies object properties from one object to another. Invokes 'shallowCopy' of a |
| super descriptor and then invokes 'shallowCopy' of each declared property. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| <DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/ClassDescriptor.html#shallowMerge(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">shallowMerge</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/ClassDescriptor.html" title="interface in org.apache.cayenne.property">ClassDescriptor</A></CODE><DT><B>Overrides:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html#shallowMerge(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object)">shallowMerge</A></CODE> in class <CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/BaseClassDescriptor.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.property">BaseClassDescriptor</A></CODE></DL> |
| </DD> |
| <DD><DL> |
| |
| <DT><B>Throws:</B> |
| <DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/PropertyAccessException.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.property">PropertyAccessException</A></CODE></DL> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| <HR> |
| |
| <A NAME="getEntity()"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| getEntity</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/ObjEntity.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">ObjEntity</A> <B>getEntity</B>()</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Returns ObjEntity described by this object. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| </DL> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| <HR> |
| |
| <A NAME="setDeclaredProperty(org.apache.cayenne.property.Property)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| setDeclaredProperty</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>setDeclaredProperty</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/property/Property.html" title="interface in org.apache.cayenne.property">Property</A> property)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Registers a property. This method is useful to customize default ClassDescriptor |
| generated from ObjEntity by adding new properties or overriding the standard ones. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| </DL> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| <HR> |
| |
| <A NAME="removeDeclaredProperty(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| removeDeclaredProperty</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>removeDeclaredProperty</B>(java.lang.String propertyName)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Removes declared property. This method can be used to customize default |
| ClassDescriptor generated from ObjEntity. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| </DL> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| <HR> |
| |
| <A NAME="compile(org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityResolver)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| compile</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| public void <B>compile</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityResolver.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">EntityResolver</A> resolver)</PRE> |
| <DL> |
| <DD>Prepares the descriptor. A descriptor must be explicitly compiled before it can |
| operate. |
| <P> |
| <DD><DL> |
| </DL> |
| </DD> |
| </DL> |
| <HR> |
| |
| <A NAME="compileSubclassMapping(org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityResolver, java.util.Map, org.apache.cayenne.map.EntityInheritanceTree)"><!-- --></A><H3> |
| compileSubclassMapping</H3> |
| <PRE> |
| protected void <B>compileSubclassMapping</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityResolver.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">EntityResolver</A> resolver, |
| java.util.Map subclassDescriptors, |
| <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/cayenne/map/EntityInheritanceTree.html" title="class in org.apache.cayenne.map">EntityInheritanceTree</A> treeNode)</PRE> |
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