org.eclipse.persistence.mappings
Class Association

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.Association

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.util.Map.Entry

Direct Known Subclasses:

PropertyAssociation, TypedAssociation

public class Association
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.util.Map.Entry

Purpose: Generic association object. This can be used to map hashtable/map containers where the key and value primitives or independent objects.

Author:

James Sutherland

Since:

TOPLink/Java 3.0

Field Summary

protected java.lang.Object	key
protected java.lang.Object	value

Constructor Summary

Association()
Default constructor.

Association(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object value)
PUBLIC: Create an association.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getKey() PUBLIC: Return the key.
java.lang.Object	getValue() PUBLIC: Return the value.
void	setKey(java.lang.Object key) PUBLIC: Set the key.
java.lang.Object	setValue(java.lang.Object value) PUBLIC: Set the value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map.Entry

equals, hashCode

Field Detail

key

protected java.lang.Object key

value

protected java.lang.Object value

Constructor Detail

Association

public Association()

Default constructor.

Association

public Association(java.lang.Object key,
                   java.lang.Object value)

PUBLIC: Create an association.

Method Detail

getKey

public java.lang.Object getKey()

PUBLIC: Return the key.

Specified by:

getKey in interface java.util.Map.Entry

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue()

PUBLIC: Return the value.

Specified by:

getValue in interface java.util.Map.Entry

setKey

public void setKey(java.lang.Object key)

PUBLIC: Set the key.

setValue

public java.lang.Object setValue(java.lang.Object value)

PUBLIC: Set the value.

Specified by:

setValue in interface java.util.Map.Entry