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/* * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java * * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later. * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>. */ package org.hibernate.persister.collection; import org.hibernate.FetchMode; import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister; import org.hibernate.persister.entity.Joinable; import org.hibernate.persister.entity.PropertyMapping; /** * A collection role that may be queried or loaded by outer join. * @author Gavin King */ public interface QueryableCollection extends PropertyMapping, Joinable, CollectionPersister { /** * Generate a list of collection index and element columns */ public abstract String selectFragment(String alias, String columnSuffix); /** * Get the names of the collection index columns if * this is an indexed collection (optional operation) */ public abstract String[] getIndexColumnNames(); /** * Get the index formulas if this is an indexed collection * (optional operation) */ public abstract String[] getIndexFormulas(); /** * Get the names of the collection index columns if * this is an indexed collection (optional operation), * aliased by the given table alias */ public abstract String[] getIndexColumnNames(String alias); /** * Get the names of the collection element columns (or the primary * key columns in the case of a one-to-many association), * aliased by the given table alias */ public abstract String[] getElementColumnNames(String alias); /** * Get the names of the collection element columns (or the primary * key columns in the case of a one-to-many association) */ public abstract String[] getElementColumnNames(); /** * Get the order by SQL */ public abstract String getSQLOrderByString(String alias); /** * Get the order-by to be applied at the target table of a many to many * * @param alias The alias for the many-to-many target table * @return appropriate order-by fragment or empty string. */ public abstract String getManyToManyOrderByString(String alias); /** * Does this collection role have a where clause filter? */ public abstract boolean hasWhere(); /** * Get the persister of the element class, if this is a * collection of entities (optional operation). Note that * for a one-to-many association, the returned persister * must be <tt>OuterJoinLoadable</tt>. */ public abstract EntityPersister getElementPersister(); /** * Should we load this collection role by outerjoining? */ public abstract FetchMode getFetchMode(); }