com.sleepycat.persist.model

Enum Relationship

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<Relationship>

com.sleepycat.persist.model.Relationship

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Comparable<Relationship>

public enum Relationship
extends java.lang.Enum<Relationship>

Defines the relationship between instances of the entity class and the secondary keys. This can be specified using a SecondaryKey.relate() annotation.

Author:

Mark Hayes

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
MANY_TO_MANY Relates many entities to many secondary keys.
MANY_TO_ONE Relates many entities to one secondary key.
ONE_TO_MANY Relates one entity to many secondary keys.
ONE_TO_ONE Relates one entity to one secondary key.

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

MANY_TO_ONE

public static final Relationship MANY_TO_ONE

Relates many entities to one secondary key.

The secondary index will have non-unique keys; in other words, duplicates will be allowed.

The secondary key field is singular, in other words, it may not be an array or collection type.

ONE_TO_MANY

public static final Relationship ONE_TO_MANY

Relates one entity to many secondary keys.

The secondary index will have unique keys, in other words, duplicates will not be allowed.

The secondary key field must be an array or collection type.

MANY_TO_MANY

public static final Relationship MANY_TO_MANY

Relates many entities to many secondary keys.

The secondary index will have non-unique keys, in other words, duplicates will be allowed.

The secondary key field must be an array or collection type.

ONE_TO_ONE

public static final Relationship ONE_TO_ONE

Relates one entity to one secondary key.

The secondary index will have unique keys, in other words, duplicates will not be allowed.

The secondary key field is singular, in other words, it may not be an array or collection type.

Method Detail

values

public static Relationship[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (Relationship c : Relationship.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

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

valueOf

public static Relationship valueOf(java.lang.String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (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:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null