Package javax.persistence

Enum Class InheritanceType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<InheritanceType>

javax.persistence.InheritanceType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<InheritanceType>, Constable

public enum InheritanceType
extends Enum<InheritanceType>

Defines inheritance strategy options.

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
JOINED	A strategy in which fields that are specific to a subclass are mapped to a separate table than the fields that are common to the parent class, and a join is performed to instantiate the subclass.
SINGLE_TABLE	A single table per class hierarchy.
TABLE_PER_CLASS	A table per concrete entity class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static InheritanceType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static InheritanceType[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

SINGLE_TABLE

public static final InheritanceType SINGLE_TABLE

A single table per class hierarchy.

TABLE_PER_CLASS

public static final InheritanceType TABLE_PER_CLASS

A table per concrete entity class.

JOINED

public static final InheritanceType JOINED

A strategy in which fields that are specific to a subclass are mapped to a separate table than the fields that are common to the parent class, and a join is performed to instantiate the subclass.

Method Details

values

public static InheritanceType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static InheritanceType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null