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 <pre>public class <span class="strong">FieldMetaData</span>
 extends <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/Extensions.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">Extensions</a>
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 <div class="block">Metadata for a managed class field.</div>
 <dl><dt><span class="strong">Author:</span></dt>
   <dd>Abe White</dd>
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 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getDeclaredType()">getDeclaredType</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return the declared class of the value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getDeclaredTypeCode()">getDeclaredTypeCode</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return the declared type code of the value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ClassMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getDeclaredTypeMetaData()">getDeclaredTypeMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return metadata for the value's class, if the type is persistent.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ClassMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getDeclaringMetaData()">getDeclaringMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The declaring class.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getDeclaringType()">getDeclaringType</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The declaring class.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ClassMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getDefiningMetaData()">getDefiningMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The class that defines the metadata for this field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ValueMetaData.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ValueMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getElement()">getElement</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Metadata about the element value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ClassMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getEmbeddedMetaData()">getEmbeddedMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The embedded class metadata for the value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getExternalizer()">getExternalizer</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The name of this field's externalizer, or null if none.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Method</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getExternalizerMethod()">getExternalizerMethod</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The externalizer method.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getExternalValue(java.lang.Object,%20org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StoreContext)">getExternalValue</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>&nbsp;val,
                 <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/kernel/StoreContext.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.kernel">StoreContext</a>&nbsp;ctx)</code>
 <div class="block">Convert the given field value to its external value through the
  provided externalizer, or return the value as-is if no externalizer.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getExternalValueMap()">getExternalValueMap</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return the mapping of field values to external values.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getExternalValues()">getExternalValues</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Properties string mapping field values to external values.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getFactory()">getFactory</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The name of this field's factory, or null if none.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Member.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Member</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getFactoryMethod()">getFactoryMethod</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The factory method or constructor.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">FieldMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getFieldMetaData()">getFieldMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return the owning field for this value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getFieldValue(java.lang.Object,%20org.apache.openjpa.kernel.StoreContext)">getFieldValue</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>&nbsp;val,
              <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/kernel/StoreContext.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.kernel">StoreContext</a>&nbsp;ctx)</code>
 <div class="block">Return the result of passing the given external value through the
  factory to get the field value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getFieldValueMap()">getFieldValueMap</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return the mapping of external values to field values.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getFullName()">getFullName</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block"><strong>Deprecated.</strong>&nbsp;
 <div class="block"><i>Use getFullName(boolean) instead.</i></div>
 </div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getFullName(boolean)">getFullName</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;embedOwner)</code>
 <div class="block">The field name, qualified by the owning class and optionally the
  embedding owner's name (if any).</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getIndex()">getIndex</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The absolute index of this persistent/transactional field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getInitializer()">getInitializer</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The initializer used by the field, or null if none.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getInverse()">getInverse</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Logical inverse field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">FieldMetaData</a>[]</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getInverseMetaDatas()">getInverseMetaDatas</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return all inverses of this field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ValueMetaData.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ValueMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getKey()">getKey</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Metadata about the key value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getListingIndex()">getListingIndex</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The index in which this field was listed in the metadata.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getLoadFetchGroup()">getLoadFetchGroup</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The fetch group that is to be loaded when this receiver is loaded, or
  null if none set.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getManagement()">getManagement</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return the management level for the field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getMappedBy()">getMappedBy</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The field that this field shares a mapping with.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">FieldMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getMappedByField(org.apache.openjpa.meta.ClassMetaData,%20java.lang.String)">getMappedByField</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ClassMetaData</a>&nbsp;meta,
                 <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;mappedBy)</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getMappedByIdValue()">getMappedByIdValue</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">FieldMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getMappedByMetaData()">getMappedByMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The field that this field shares a mapping with.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getName()">getName</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The field name.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getNullValue()">getNullValue</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">How the data store should treat null values for this field:

  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_UNSET"><code>NULL_UNSET</code></a>: no value supplied
  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_NONE"><code>NULL_NONE</code></a>: leave null values as null in the data store
  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_EXCEPTION"><code>NULL_EXCEPTION</code></a>: throw an exception if this field is null
  at commit
  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_DEFAULT"><code>NULL_DEFAULT</code></a>: use the database default if this field is
  null at commit
   Defaults to <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_UNSET"><code>NULL_UNSET</code></a>.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getObjectIdFieldType()">getObjectIdFieldType</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">For a primary key field, return the type of the corresponding object id
  class field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getObjectIdFieldTypeCode()">getObjectIdFieldTypeCode</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">For a primary key field, return the type of the corresponding object id
  class field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getOrderDeclaration()">getOrderDeclaration</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">String declaring the orderings for this field to be applied on load,
  or null.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/Order.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.meta">Order</a>[]</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getOrders()">getOrders</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The orderings for this field to be applied on load, or empty array.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getPrimaryKeyIndex()">getPrimaryKeyIndex</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The absolute primary key index for this field, or -1 if not a primary
  key.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getProxyType()">getProxyType</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The type this field was initialized with, and therefore the
  type to use for proxies when loading data into this field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getRealName()">getRealName</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The field name, qualified by the defining class.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getRelationType()">getRelationType</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/MetaDataRepository.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">MetaDataRepository</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getRepository()">getRepository</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The metadata repository.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getResolve()">getResolve</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Resolve mode for this field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getSetterName()">getSetterName</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getType()">getType</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The value class.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getTypeCode()">getTypeCode</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The type code of the value class.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ClassMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getTypeMetaData()">getTypeMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The metadata for the value class, if the type is persistent.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getTypeOverride()">getTypeOverride</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">User-supplied type overriding assumed type based on field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getUpdateStrategy()">getUpdateStrategy</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The strategy to use when updating the field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getUseSchemaElement()">getUseSchemaElement</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether to include schema name in generated files</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/ValueMetaData.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.meta">ValueMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getValue()">getValue</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">MetaData about the field value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getValueMappedBy()">getValueMappedBy</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The field that this value shares a mapping with.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">FieldMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getValueMappedByMetaData()">getValueMappedByMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The field that this value shares a mapping with.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/SequenceMetaData.html" title="class in org.apache.openjpa.meta">SequenceMetaData</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getValueSequenceMetaData()">getValueSequenceMetaData</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Metadata for the value sequence.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getValueSequenceName()">getValueSequenceName</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The value sequence name, or null for none.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#getValueStrategy()">getValueStrategy</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">The strategy to use for insert value generation.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>int</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#hashCode()">hashCode</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isDeclaredTypePC()">isDeclaredTypePC</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether the type is a persistence capable instance.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isDefaultFetchGroupExplicit()">isDefaultFetchGroupExplicit</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether the default fetch group setting is explicit.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isDelayCapable()">isDelayCapable</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isElementCollection()">isElementCollection</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isEmbedded()">isEmbedded</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">This attribute is a hint to the implementation to store this value
  in the same structure as the class, rather than as a separate datastore
  structure.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isEmbeddedPC()">isEmbeddedPC</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this is an embedded persistence capable value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isExplicit()">isExplicit</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is explicitly declared in the metadata.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isExternalized()">isExternalized</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether the field is externalized.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isInDefaultFetchGroup()">isInDefaultFetchGroup</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is in the default fetch group.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isInFetchGroup(java.lang.String)">isInFetchGroup</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;fg)</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is in the given fetch group.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isLRS()">isLRS</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is backed by a large result set.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isMapped()">isMapped</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return whether this field is mapped to the datastore.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isMappedById()">isMappedById</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isPersistentCollection()">isPersistentCollection</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isPrimaryKey()">isPrimaryKey</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this is a primary key field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isSerialized()">isSerialized</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this value is serialized when stored.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isStream()">isStream</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is backed by a stream.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isTransient()">isTransient</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Return whether this is a transient field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isTypePC()">isTypePC</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether the type is a persistence capable instance.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isUsedInOrderBy()">isUsedInOrderBy</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Check if this field is used by other field as "order by" value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isValueGenerated()">isValueGenerated</a></strong>()</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#isVersion()">isVersion</a></strong>()</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field holds optimistic version information.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#order(java.lang.Object)">order</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>&nbsp;val)</code>
 <div class="block">Order this field value when it is loaded.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#resolve(int)">resolve</a></strong>(int&nbsp;mode)</code>
 <div class="block">Resolve and validate metadata.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setAccessType(int)">setAccessType</a></strong>(int&nbsp;fCode)</code>
 <div class="block">Sets access type of this field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setAssociationType(int)">setAssociationType</a></strong>(int&nbsp;type)</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setCascadeAttach(int)">setCascadeAttach</a></strong>(int&nbsp;attach)</code>
 <div class="block">Cascade behavior for attach operation.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setCascadeDelete(int)">setCascadeDelete</a></strong>(int&nbsp;delete)</code>
 <div class="block">Cascade behavior for deletion.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setCascadeDetach(int)">setCascadeDetach</a></strong>(int&nbsp;detach)</code>
 <div class="block">Cascade behavior for detach operation.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setCascadePersist(int)">setCascadePersist</a></strong>(int&nbsp;persist)</code>
 <div class="block">Cascade behavior for persist operation.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setCascadePersist(int,%20boolean)">setCascadePersist</a></strong>(int&nbsp;cascade,
                  boolean&nbsp;checkPUDefault)</code>
 <div class="block">Cascade behavior for persist operation.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setCascadeRefresh(int)">setCascadeRefresh</a></strong>(int&nbsp;refresh)</code>
 <div class="block">Cascade behavior for refresh operation.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setComments(java.lang.String[])">setComments</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>[]&nbsp;comments)</code>
 <div class="block">Set comments.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setDeclaredIndex(int)">setDeclaredIndex</a></strong>(int&nbsp;index)</code>
 <div class="block">The relative index of this persistent/transactional field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setDeclaredType(java.lang.Class)">setDeclaredType</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&nbsp;type)</code>
 <div class="block">Set the declared class of the value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setDeclaredTypeCode(int)">setDeclaredTypeCode</a></strong>(int&nbsp;type)</code>
 <div class="block">Set the type code for the value.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setDeclaringType(java.lang.Class)">setDeclaringType</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&lt;?&gt;&nbsp;cls)</code>
 <div class="block">The declaring class.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setDefaultFetchGroupExplicit(boolean)">setDefaultFetchGroupExplicit</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;explicit)</code>
 <div class="block">Whether the default fetch group setting is explicit.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setDelayCapable(java.lang.Boolean)">setDelayCapable</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Boolean.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Boolean</a>&nbsp;delayCapable)</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setElementCollection(boolean)">setElementCollection</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;isElementCollection)</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setEmbedded(boolean)">setEmbedded</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;embedded)</code>
 <div class="block">This attribute is a hint to the implementation to store this value
  in the same structure as the class, rather than as a separate datastore
  structure.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setExplicit(boolean)">setExplicit</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;explicit)</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is explicitly declared in the metadata.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setExternalizer(java.lang.String)">setExternalizer</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;externalizer)</code>
 <div class="block">The name of this field's externalizer, or null if none.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setExternalValues(java.lang.String)">setExternalValues</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;values)</code>
 <div class="block">Properties string mapping field values to external values.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setFactory(java.lang.String)">setFactory</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;factory)</code>
 <div class="block">The name of this field's factory, or null if none.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setInDefaultFetchGroup(boolean)">setInDefaultFetchGroup</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;dfg)</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is in the default fetch group.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setIndex(int)">setIndex</a></strong>(int&nbsp;index)</code>
 <div class="block">The absolute index of this persistent/transactional field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setInFetchGroup(java.lang.String,%20boolean)">setInFetchGroup</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;fg,
                boolean&nbsp;in)</code>
 <div class="block">Set whether this field is in the given fetch group.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setInitializer(java.lang.Object)">setInitializer</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>&nbsp;initializer)</code>
 <div class="block">The initializer used by the field, or null if none.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setInverse(java.lang.String)">setInverse</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;inverse)</code>
 <div class="block">Logical inverse field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setListingIndex(int)">setListingIndex</a></strong>(int&nbsp;index)</code>
 <div class="block">The index in which this field was listed in the metadata.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setLoadFetchGroup(java.lang.String)">setLoadFetchGroup</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;lfg)</code>
 <div class="block">The fetch group that is to be loaded when this receiver is loaded, or
  null if none set.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setLRS(boolean)">setLRS</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;lrs)</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this field is backed by a large result set.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setManagement(int)">setManagement</a></strong>(int&nbsp;manage)</code>
 <div class="block">Return the management level for the field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setMappedBy(java.lang.String)">setMappedBy</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;mapped)</code>
 <div class="block">The field that this field shares a mapping with.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setMappedByIdValue(java.lang.String)">setMappedByIdValue</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;mappedByIdValue)</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setNullValue(int)">setNullValue</a></strong>(int&nbsp;nullValue)</code>
 <div class="block">How the data store should treat null values for this field:

  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_UNSET"><code>NULL_UNSET</code></a>: no value supplied
  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_NONE"><code>NULL_NONE</code></a>: leave null values as null in the data store
  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_EXCEPTION"><code>NULL_EXCEPTION</code></a>: throw an exception if this field is null
  at commit
  <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_DEFAULT"><code>NULL_DEFAULT</code></a>: use the database default if this field is
  null at commit
   Defaults to <a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#NULL_UNSET"><code>NULL_UNSET</code></a>.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setOrderDeclaration(java.lang.String)">setOrderDeclaration</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;dec)</code>
 <div class="block">String declaring the orderings for this field to be applied on load,
  or null.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setOrders(org.apache.openjpa.meta.Order[])">setOrders</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/Order.html" title="interface in org.apache.openjpa.meta">Order</a>[]&nbsp;orders)</code>
 <div class="block">The orderings for this field to be applied on load.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setPersistentCollection(boolean)">setPersistentCollection</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;persistentCollection)</code>&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="rowColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
 <td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/openjpa/meta/FieldMetaData.html#setPrimaryKey(boolean)">setPrimaryKey</a></strong>(boolean&nbsp;primKey)</code>
 <div class="block">Whether this is a primary key field.</div>
 </td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="altColor">
 <td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
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