org.zeroexchange.model
Class EntityUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.zeroexchange.model.EntityUtils

public class EntityUtils
extends Object

Set of auxiliary methods to retrieve entity-related meta information.

Author:

black

Constructor Summary

EntityUtils()

Method Summary

static Class	getAssociatedItemClass(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) Returns the class of the entities from the association which is specified with by the propertyDescriptor
static boolean	isAssociation(Class itemClass, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) Returns true if the specified descriptor represents an association.
static boolean	isManyToMany(Class itemClass, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) Returns true if descriptor represents the 'many-to-many' association.
static boolean	isManyToOne(Class itemClass, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) Returns true if descriptor represents the 'many-to-one' association.
static boolean	isOneToMany(Class itemClass, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) Returns true if descriptor represents the 'one-to-many' association.
static boolean	isOneToOne(Class itemClass, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor) Returns true if descriptor represents the 'one-to-one' association.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

EntityUtils

public EntityUtils()

Method Detail

isAssociation

public static boolean isAssociation(Class itemClass,
                                    PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Returns true if the specified descriptor represents an association.

Parameters:

itemClass -

isOneToMany

public static boolean isOneToMany(Class itemClass,
                                  PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Returns true if descriptor represents the 'one-to-many' association.

Parameters:

itemClass -

isOneToOne

public static boolean isOneToOne(Class itemClass,
                                 PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Returns true if descriptor represents the 'one-to-one' association.

Parameters:

itemClass -

isManyToMany

public static boolean isManyToMany(Class itemClass,
                                   PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Returns true if descriptor represents the 'many-to-many' association.

Parameters:

itemClass -

isManyToOne

public static boolean isManyToOne(Class itemClass,
                                  PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Returns true if descriptor represents the 'many-to-one' association.

Parameters:

itemClass -

getAssociatedItemClass

public static Class getAssociatedItemClass(PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor)

Returns the class of the entities from the association which is specified with by the propertyDescriptor