javax.persistence.metamodel

Interface Metamodel

public interface Metamodel

Provides access to the metamodel of persistent entities in the persistence unit.

Since:

Java Persistence 2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<X> EmbeddableType<X>	embeddable(Class<X> cls) Return the metamodel embeddable type representing the embeddable class.
<X> EntityType<X>	entity(Class<X> cls) Return the metamodel entity type representing the entity.
Set<EmbeddableType<?>>	getEmbeddables() Return the metamodel embeddable types.
Set<EntityType<?>>	getEntities() Return the metamodel entity types.
Set<ManagedType<?>>	getManagedTypes() Return the metamodel managed types.
<X> ManagedType<X>	managedType(Class<X> cls) Return the metamodel managed type representing the entity, mapped superclass, or embeddable class.

Method Detail

entity

<X> EntityType<X> entity(Class<X> cls)

Return the metamodel entity type representing the entity.

Type Parameters:

X - Type

Parameters:

cls - the type of the represented entity

Returns:

the metamodel entity type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if not an entity

managedType

<X> ManagedType<X> managedType(Class<X> cls)

Return the metamodel managed type representing the entity, mapped superclass, or embeddable class.

Type Parameters:

X - Type

Parameters:

cls - the type of the represented managed class

Returns:

the metamodel managed type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if not a managed class

embeddable

<X> EmbeddableType<X> embeddable(Class<X> cls)

Return the metamodel embeddable type representing the embeddable class.

Type Parameters:

X - Type

Parameters:

cls - the type of the represented embeddable class

Returns:

the metamodel embeddable type

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if not an embeddable class

getManagedTypes

Set<ManagedType<?>> getManagedTypes()

Return the metamodel managed types.

Returns:

the metamodel managed types

getEntities

Set<EntityType<?>> getEntities()

Return the metamodel entity types.

Returns:

the metamodel entity types

getEmbeddables

Set<EmbeddableType<?>> getEmbeddables()

Return the metamodel embeddable types. Returns empty set if there are no embeddable types.

Returns:

the metamodel embeddable types