org.neo4j.ogm

Class MetaData

java.lang.Object

org.neo4j.ogm.MetaData

public class MetaData
extends Object

Author:

Vince Bickers, Luanne Misquitta

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaData(String... packages)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ClassInfo	classInfo(Object object) Finds the ClassInfo for the supplied object by looking up its class name
ClassInfo	classInfo(String name) Finds the ClassInfo for the supplied partial class name or label.
Set<ClassInfo>	classInfoByLabelOrType(String name) Finds ClassInfos for the supplied partial class name or label.
String	entityType(String name)
List<ClassInfo>	getImplementingClassInfos(String interfaceName)
boolean	isRelationshipEntity(String className)
Collection<ClassInfo>	persistentEntities()
void	registerConversionCallback(ConversionCallback conversionCallback)
ClassInfo	resolve(String... taxa) Given an set of names (simple or fully-qualified) that are possibly within a type hierarchy, this function returns the base class from among them.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetaData

public MetaData(String... packages)

Method Detail

classInfo

public ClassInfo classInfo(String name)

Finds the ClassInfo for the supplied partial class name or label. The supplied ClassInfo, if found can represent either a Class or an Interface

Parameters:

name - the simple class name or label for a class we want to find

Returns:

A ClassInfo matching the supplied name, or null if it doesn't exist

classInfo

public ClassInfo classInfo(Object object)

Finds the ClassInfo for the supplied object by looking up its class name

Parameters:

object - the class name whose classInfo we want to find

Returns:

A ClassInfo matching the supplied object's class, or null if it doesn't exist

resolve

public ClassInfo resolve(String... taxa)

Given an set of names (simple or fully-qualified) that are possibly within a type hierarchy, this function returns the base class from among them.

Parameters:

taxa - the taxa (simple class names or labels)

Returns:

The ClassInfo representing the base class among the taxa or null if it cannot be found

classInfoByLabelOrType

public Set<ClassInfo> classInfoByLabelOrType(String name)

Finds ClassInfos for the supplied partial class name or label.

Parameters:

name - the simple class name or label for a class we want to find

Returns:

A Set of ClassInfo matching the supplied name, or empty if it doesn't exist

isRelationshipEntity

public boolean isRelationshipEntity(String className)

persistentEntities

public Collection<ClassInfo> persistentEntities()

entityType

public String entityType(String name)

getImplementingClassInfos

public List<ClassInfo> getImplementingClassInfos(String interfaceName)

registerConversionCallback

public void registerConversionCallback(ConversionCallback conversionCallback)