All Implemented Interfaces:
MappedKeyMapAccessor
Direct Known Subclasses:
ManyToManyAccessor, OneToManyAccessor

public abstract class CollectionAccessor extends RelationshipAccessor implements MappedKeyMapAccessor
INTERNAL: A relational collection mapping accessor. Key notes: - any metadata mapped from XML to this class must be compared in the equals method. - any metadata mapped from XML to this class must be handled in the merge method. (merging is done at the accessor/mapping level) - any metadata mapped from XML to this class must be initialized in the initXMLObject method. - methods should be preserved in alphabetical order.
Since:
TopLink EJB 3.0 Reference Implementation