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package org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi;

Descriptor for the identifier of an entity as a FetchSource (which allows for key-many-to-one handling).
Author:Steve Ebersole
/** * Descriptor for the identifier of an entity as a FetchSource (which allows for key-many-to-one handling). * * @author Steve Ebersole */
public interface EntityIdentifierDescription {
Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any fetches?
Returns:true iff this can be cast to FetchSource and (after casting) it returns non-empty results for FetchSource.getFetches()
/** * Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any * fetches? * * @return {@code true} iff {@code this} can be cast to {@link FetchSource} and (after casting) it returns * non-empty results for {@link FetchSource#getFetches()} */
public boolean hasFetches();
Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any bidirectional entity references?
Returns:true iff this can be cast to FetchSource and (after casting) it returns non-empty results for FetchSource.getBidirectionalEntityReferences()
/** * Can this EntityIdentifierDescription be treated as a FetchSource and if so does it have any * bidirectional entity references? * * @return {@code true} iff {@code this} can be cast to {@link FetchSource} and (after casting) it returns * non-empty results for {@link FetchSource#getBidirectionalEntityReferences()} */
public boolean hasBidirectionalEntityReferences(); }