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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;
Specialization of a Join that is defined by the metadata.
Author: Steve Ebersole
/**
* Specialization of a Join that is defined by the metadata.
*
* @author Steve Ebersole
*/
public interface JoinDefinedByMetadata extends Join {
Obtain the name of the property that defines the join, relative to the PropertyMapping (QuerySpace.toAliasedColumns(String, String)
) of the left-hand-side (Join.getLeftHandSide()
) of the join Returns: The property name
/**
* Obtain the name of the property that defines the join, relative to the PropertyMapping
* ({@link QuerySpace#toAliasedColumns(String, String)}) of the left-hand-side
* ({@link #getLeftHandSide()}) of the join
*
* @return The property name
*/
public String getJoinedPropertyName();
Get the property type of the joined property.
Returns: The property type.
/**
* Get the property type of the joined property.
*
* @return The property type.
*/
public Type getJoinedPropertyType();
}