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package org.hibernate.mapping;
import java.util.Map;

import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Mappings;
import org.hibernate.type.MetaType;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;

A Hibernate "any" type (ie. polymorphic association to one-of-several tables).
Author:Gavin King
/** * A Hibernate "any" type (ie. polymorphic association to * one-of-several tables). * @author Gavin King */
public class Any extends SimpleValue { private String identifierTypeName; private String metaTypeName = "string"; private Map metaValues; public Any(Mappings mappings, Table table) { super( mappings, table ); } public String getIdentifierType() { return identifierTypeName; } public void setIdentifierType(String identifierType) { this.identifierTypeName = identifierType; } public Type getType() throws MappingException { final Type metaType = getMappings().getTypeResolver().heuristicType( metaTypeName ); return getMappings().getTypeResolver().getTypeFactory().any( metaValues == null ? metaType : new MetaType( metaValues, metaType ), getMappings().getTypeResolver().heuristicType( identifierTypeName ) ); } public void setTypeByReflection(String propertyClass, String propertyName) {} public String getMetaType() { return metaTypeName; } public void setMetaType(String type) { metaTypeName = type; } public Map getMetaValues() { return metaValues; } public void setMetaValues(Map metaValues) { this.metaValues = metaValues; } public void setTypeUsingReflection(String className, String propertyName) throws MappingException { } public Object accept(ValueVisitor visitor) { return visitor.accept(this); } }