Package jakarta.persistence.criteria

Interface CollectionJoin<Z,E>

Type Parameters:

Z - the source type of the join

E - the element type of the target Collection

All Superinterfaces:

Expression<E>, FetchParent<Z,E>, From<Z,E>, Join<Z,E>, Path<E>, PluralJoin<Z,Collection<E>,E>, Selection<E>, TupleElement<E>

public interface CollectionJoin<Z,E>
extends PluralJoin<Z,Collection<E>,E>

The CollectionJoin interface is the type of the result of joining to a collection over an association or element collection that has been specified as a java.util.Collection.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CollectionAttribute<? super Z,E>	getModel()	Return the metamodel representation for the collection attribute.
CollectionJoin<Z,E>	on(Expression<Boolean> restriction)	Modify the join to restrict the result according to the specified ON condition and return the join object.
CollectionJoin<Z,E>	on(Predicate... restrictions)	Modify the join to restrict the result according to the specified ON condition and return the join object.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression

as, in, in, in, in, isNotNull, isNull

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.FetchParent

fetch, fetch, fetch, fetch, fetch, fetch, getFetches

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.From

getCorrelationParent, getJoins, isCorrelated, join, join, join, join, join, join, join, join, join, join, join, join, joinCollection, joinCollection, joinList, joinList, joinMap, joinMap, joinSet, joinSet

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Join

getAttribute, getJoinType, getOn, getParent

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Path

get, get, get, get, getParentPath, type

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Selection

alias, getCompoundSelectionItems, isCompoundSelection

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.TupleElement

getAlias, getJavaType

Method Detail

on

CollectionJoin<Z,E> on(Expression<Boolean> restriction)

Modify the join to restrict the result according to the specified ON condition and return the join object. Replaces the previous ON condition, if any.

Specified by:

on in interface Join<Z,E>

Parameters:

restriction - a simple or compound boolean expression

Returns:

the modified join object

Since:

2.1

on

CollectionJoin<Z,E> on(Predicate... restrictions)

Modify the join to restrict the result according to the specified ON condition and return the join object. Replaces the previous ON condition, if any.

Specified by:

on in interface Join<Z,E>

Parameters:

restrictions - zero or more restriction predicates

Returns:

the modified join object

Since:

2.1

getModel

CollectionAttribute<? super Z,E> getModel()

Return the metamodel representation for the collection attribute.

Specified by:

getModel in interface Path<Z>

Specified by:

getModel in interface PluralJoin<Z,Collection<E>,E>

Returns:

metamodel type representing the Collection that is the target of the join