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package org.hibernate.metamodel.domain;

import org.hibernate.internal.util.ValueHolder;

Models the notion of a component (what JPA calls an Embeddable).

NOTE : Components are not currently really hierarchical. But that is a feature I want to add.
Author:Steve Ebersole
/** * Models the notion of a component (what JPA calls an Embeddable). * <p/> * NOTE : Components are not currently really hierarchical. But that is a feature I want to add. * * @author Steve Ebersole */
public class Component extends AbstractAttributeContainer { public Component(String name, String className, ValueHolder<Class<?>> classReference, Hierarchical superType) { super( name, className, classReference, superType ); } @Override public boolean isAssociation() { return false; } @Override public boolean isComponent() { return true; } @Override public String getRoleBaseName() { // todo : this is not really completely accurate atm // the role base here should really be the role of the component attribute. return getClassName(); } }