Package org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.spi

Interface IEntity

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<IManagedType>, IManagedType

public interface IEntity
extends IManagedType

The external representation of the managed type that is annotated with @Entity.

Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to change significantly before reaching stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.

Version:

2.3

Author:

Pascal Filion

Since:

2.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	getName()	Returns the name of this entity.
IQuery	getNamedQuery(java.lang.String queryName)	Returns the external form of the given named query;

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.spi.IManagedType

accept, getMappingNamed, getProvider, getType, mappings

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this entity.

Returns:

The non-default name or the short class name of this entity

getNamedQuery

IQuery getNamedQuery(java.lang.String queryName)

Returns the external form of the given named query;

Parameters:

queryName - The name of the JPQL query to retrieve

Returns:

The IQuery representing the JPQL query named with the given name; or null if none could be found