Module eclipselink

Package org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.structures

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ArrayCollectionMapping	Interface used by the ArrayCollectionMappingHelper to interact with the assorted array collection mappings.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ArrayCollectionMappingHelper	Helper class to consolidate all the heinous comparing and merging code for the Array collection mappings.
ArrayMapping	Purpose: In an object-relational data model, structures can contain "Arrays" or collections of other data-types.
NestedTableMapping	Purpose: Nested tables are similar to VARRAYs except internally they store their information in a separate table from their parent structure's table.
ObjectArrayMapping	Purpose: In an object-relational data model, structures can contain "Arrays" or collections of other data-types.
ObjectRelationalDatabaseField	INTERNAL: A database field of object-relational type: either a java.sql.Array, java.sql.Struct, or java.sql.Ref.
ObjectRelationalDataTypeDescriptor	Purpose: Differentiates object-relational descriptors from normal relational descriptors.
ReferenceMapping	Purpose: In an object-relational data model, structures reference each other through "Refs"; not through foreign keys as in the relational data model.
StructureMapping	Purpose: A structure is an object-relational user-defined data-type or object-type.