ListAttributeImpl.java

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 * Contributors:
 *     03/19/2009-2.0  dclarke  - initial API start
 *     06/30/2009-2.0  mobrien - finish JPA Metadata API modifications in support
 *       of the Metamodel implementation for EclipseLink 2.0 release involving
 *       Map, ElementCollection and Embeddable types on MappedSuperclass descriptors
 *       - 266912: JPA 2.0 Metamodel API (part of the JSR-317 EJB 3.1 Criteria API)
 *     06/14/2010-2.1  mobrien - 314906: getJavaType should return the
 *       collection javaType C in <X,C,V) of <X, List<V>, V> instead off the elementType V
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metamodel;

import java.util.List;

import javax.persistence.metamodel.ListAttribute;

import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.CollectionMapping;

/**
 * <p>
 * <b>Purpose</b>: Provides the implementation for the ListAttribute interface
 *  of the JPA 2.0 Metamodel API (part of the JSR-317 EJB 3.1 Criteria API)
 * <p>
 * <b>Description</b>:
 * Instances of the type ListAttribute represent persistent
 * List-valued attributes.
 *
 * @see javax.persistence.metamodel.ListAttribute
 *
 * @since EclipseLink 1.2 - JPA 2.0
 * @param <X> The type the represented List belongs to
 * @param <V> The element type of the represented List
 *
 */
public class ListAttributeImpl<X, V> extends PluralAttributeImpl<X, List<V>, V> implements ListAttribute<X, V> {

    /** Item 54: DI 89: explicit UID will avoid performance hit runtime generation of one */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 6941222731228388279L;

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * @param managedType
     * @param mapping
     */
    protected ListAttributeImpl(ManagedTypeImpl<X> managedType, CollectionMapping mapping) {
        super(managedType, mapping, false);
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param managedType
     * @param mapping
     * @param validationEnabled
     */
    protected ListAttributeImpl(ManagedTypeImpl<X> managedType, CollectionMapping mapping, boolean validationEnabled) {
        super(managedType, mapping, validationEnabled);
    }

    /**
     * Return the collection type.
     * @return collection type
     */
    @Override
    public CollectionType getCollectionType() {
        return CollectionType.LIST;
    }

    /**
     *  Return the Java type of the represented attribute.
     *  @return Java type
     */
    @Override
    public Class getJavaType() {
        return List.class;
    }
}