//$Id: AbstractComponentType.java 7670 2005-07-29 05:36:14Z oneovthafew $
package org.hibernate.type;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import org.hibernate.EntityMode;
import org.hibernate.FetchMode;
import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
import org.hibernate.engine.CascadeStyle;
import org.hibernate.engine.SessionImplementor;
/**
* Enables other Component-like types to hold collections and have cascades, etc.
*
* @see ComponentType
* @see AnyType
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface AbstractComponentType extends Type {
/**
* Get the types of the component properties
*/
public Type[] getSubtypes();
/**
* Get the names of the component properties
*/
public String[] getPropertyNames();
/**
* Optional operation
* @return nullability of component properties
*/
public boolean[] getPropertyNullability();
/**
* Get the values of the component properties of
* a component instance
*/
public Object[] getPropertyValues(Object component, SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException;
/**
* Optional operation
*/
public Object[] getPropertyValues(Object component, EntityMode entityMode) throws HibernateException;
/**
* Optional operation
*/
public void setPropertyValues(Object component, Object[] values, EntityMode entityMode) throws HibernateException;
public Object getPropertyValue(Object component, int i, SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException;
//public Object instantiate(Object parent, SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException;
public CascadeStyle getCascadeStyle(int i);
public FetchMode getFetchMode(int i);
public boolean isMethodOf(Method method);
public boolean isEmbedded();
}
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