PluralAttribute (Java EE 8)

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>

All Known Subinterfaces:

CollectionAttribute<X,E>, ListAttribute<X,E>, MapAttribute<X,K,V>, SetAttribute<X,E>
```
public interface PluralAttribute<X,C,E>
extends Attribute<X,C>, Bindable<E>
```
Instances of the type PluralAttribute represent persistent collection-valued attributes.

Since:

Java Persistence 2.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class PluralAttribute.CollectionType
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.persistence.metamodel.Attribute
  Attribute.PersistentAttributeType
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.persistence.metamodel.Bindable
  Bindable.BindableType

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PluralAttribute.CollectionType`	`getCollectionType()`	Return the collection type.
`Type<E>`	`getElementType()`	Return the type representing the element type of the collection.

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.metamodel.Attribute
getDeclaringType, getJavaMember, getJavaType, getName, getPersistentAttributeType, isAssociation, isCollection

Methods inherited from interface javax.persistence.metamodel.Bindable
getBindableJavaType, getBindableType

- Method Detail
  - getCollectionType
```
PluralAttribute.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