Package jakarta.persistence.metamodel

Interface PluralAttribute<X,C,E>

Type Parameters:

X - The type the represented collection belongs to

C - The type of the represented collection

E - The element type of the represented collection

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<X,C>, Bindable<E>

All Known Subinterfaces:

CollectionAttribute<X,E>, ListAttribute<X,E>, MapAttribute<X,K,V>, SetAttribute<X,E>

public interface PluralAttribute<X,C,E>
extends Attribute<X,C>, Bindable<E>

Instances of the type PluralAttribute represent persistent collection-valued attributes.

Since:

2.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static enum	PluralAttribute.CollectionType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.metamodel.Attribute

Attribute.PersistentAttributeType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.metamodel.Bindable

Bindable.BindableType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PluralAttribute.CollectionType	getCollectionType()	Return the collection type.
Type<E>	getElementType()	Return the type representing the element type of the collection.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.metamodel.Attribute

getDeclaringType, getJavaMember, getJavaType, getName, getPersistentAttributeType, isAssociation, isCollection

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.metamodel.Bindable

getBindableJavaType, getBindableType

Method Details

getCollectionType

PluralAttribute.CollectionType getCollectionType()

Return the collection type.

Returns:

collection type

getElementType

Type<E> getElementType()

Return the type representing the element type of the collection.

Returns:

element type