com.haulmont.chile.core.model

Interface Session

All Known Subinterfaces:

Metadata

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingMetadataSession, MetadataImpl, SessionImpl, TestMetadataClient

public interface Session

Metadata model entry point.
Metadata consists of a set of interrelated MetaClass instances.
The whole metadata is split into named models. One can obtain MetaClass instances through the MetaModel references or directly from the Session.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
MetaClass	getClass(java.lang.Class<?> clazz) Search MetaClass by the corresponding Java class in the whole metamodel.
MetaClass	getClass(java.lang.String name) Search MetaClass by its name in the whole metamodel.
java.util.Collection<MetaClass>	getClasses()
MetaClass	getClassNN(java.lang.Class<?> clazz) Search MetaClass by the corresponding Java class in the whole metamodel.
MetaClass	getClassNN(java.lang.String name) Search MetaClass by its name in the whole metamodel.
MetaModel	getModel(java.lang.String name)
java.util.Collection<MetaModel>	getModels()

Method Detail

getModel

MetaModel getModel(java.lang.String name)

getModels

java.util.Collection<MetaModel> getModels()

getClass

@Nullable
MetaClass getClass(java.lang.String name)

Search MetaClass by its name in the whole metamodel.

Parameters:

name - entity name

Returns:

MetaClass instance or null if not found

getClassNN

MetaClass getClassNN(java.lang.String name)

Search MetaClass by its name in the whole metamodel.

Parameters:

name - entity name

Returns:

MetaClass instance. Throws exception if not found.

getClass

@Nullable
MetaClass getClass(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

Search MetaClass by the corresponding Java class in the whole metamodel.

Parameters:

clazz - Java class defining the entity

Returns:

MetaClass instance or null if not found

getClassNN

MetaClass getClassNN(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

Search MetaClass by the corresponding Java class in the whole metamodel.

Parameters:

clazz - Java class defining the entity

Returns:

MetaClass instance. Throws exception if not found.

getClasses

java.util.Collection<MetaClass> getClasses()

Returns:

collection of all MetaClasses in the whole metamodel