Package cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel

Interface PluralAttribute<X,C,E>

Type Parameters:

X - The type the represented collection belongs to

C - The type of the represented collection

E - The element type of the represented collection

All Superinterfaces:

Attribute<X,C>, Bindable<E>, FieldSpecification<X,C>

All Known Subinterfaces:

CollectionAttribute<X,E>, ListAttribute<X,E>, MapAttribute<X,K,V>, RDFContainerAttribute<X,C,E>, SetAttribute<X,E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPluralAttribute, CollectionAttributeImpl, ListAttributeImpl, RDFCollectionAttribute, RdfContainerAttributeImpl, SetAttributeImpl

public interface PluralAttribute<X,C,E>
extends Attribute<X,C>, Bindable<E>

Instances of the type PluralAttribute represent persistent collection-valued attributes.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel.Attribute

Attribute.PersistentAttributeType

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel.Bindable

Bindable.BindableType

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CollectionType	getCollectionType()	Return the collection type.
Type<E>	getElementType()	Return the type representing the element type of the collection.
default boolean	isRDFCollection()	Whether this list represents a RDF collection.
default boolean	isRdfContainer()	Checks whether this attribute represents an RDF container.

Methods inherited from interface cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel.Attribute

getCascadeTypes, getConstraints, getDatatype, getIRI, getJavaMember, getLanguage, getPersistentAttributeType, hasLanguage, isAssociation, isLexicalForm, isMappedAttribute, isNonEmpty, isSimpleLiteral

Methods inherited from interface cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel.Bindable

getBindableJavaType, getBindableType

Methods inherited from interface cz.cvut.kbss.jopa.model.metamodel.FieldSpecification

getDeclaringType, getFetchType, getJavaField, getJavaType, getName, includeExplicit, isCollection, isInferred

Method Details

getCollectionType

CollectionType getCollectionType()

Return the collection type.

Returns:

collection type

getElementType

Type<E> getElementType()

Return the type representing the element type of the collection.

Returns:

element type

isRdfContainer

default boolean isRdfContainer()

Checks whether this attribute represents an RDF container.

Returns:

true if this plural attribute is an RDF container, false otherwise

isRDFCollection

default boolean isRDFCollection()

Whether this list represents a RDF collection.

Returns:

true when this list attribute is an RDF collection, false otherwise

See Also:

• RDFCollection