/*
* Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
*
* License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
* See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
*/
package org.hibernate.engine.spi;
import org.hibernate.MappingException;
import org.hibernate.id.factory.IdentifierGeneratorFactory;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;
/**
* Defines operations common to "compiled" mappings (ie. <tt>SessionFactory</tt>)
* and "uncompiled" mappings (ie. <tt>Configuration</tt>) that are used by
* implementors of <tt>Type</tt>.
*
* @see org.hibernate.type.Type
* @see org.hibernate.internal.SessionFactoryImpl
* @see org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration
* @author Gavin King
*/
public interface Mapping {
/**
* Allow access to the id generator factory, though this is only needed/allowed from configuration.
*
* @return Access to the identifier generator factory
*
* @deprecated temporary solution
*/
@Deprecated
public IdentifierGeneratorFactory getIdentifierGeneratorFactory();
public Type getIdentifierType(String className) throws MappingException;
public String getIdentifierPropertyName(String className) throws MappingException;
public Type getReferencedPropertyType(String className, String propertyName) throws MappingException;
}