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* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
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package org.hibernate.mapping;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.hibernate.FetchMode;
import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.Mapping;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;
/**
* A value is anything that is persisted by value, instead of
* by reference. It is essentially a Hibernate Type, together
* with zero or more columns. Values are wrapped by things with
* higher level semantics, for example properties, collections,
* classes.
*
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface Value extends Serializable {
public int getColumnSpan();
public Iterator getColumnIterator();
public Type getType() throws MappingException;
public FetchMode getFetchMode();
public Table getTable();
public boolean hasFormula();
public boolean isAlternateUniqueKey();
public boolean isNullable();
public boolean[] getColumnUpdateability();
public boolean[] getColumnInsertability();
public void createForeignKey() throws MappingException;
public boolean isSimpleValue();
public boolean isValid(Mapping mapping) throws MappingException;
public void setTypeUsingReflection(String className, String propertyName) throws MappingException;
public Object accept(ValueVisitor visitor);
}