javax.persistence

Enum AccessType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AccessType>

javax.persistence.AccessType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AccessType>

public enum AccessType
extends Enum<AccessType>

Used with the Access annotation to specify an access type to be applied to an entity class, mapped superclass, or embeddable class, or to a specific attribute of such a class.

Since:

Java Persistence 2.0

See Also:

Access

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
FIELD Field-based access is used.
PROPERTY Property-based access is used.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AccessType	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static AccessType[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

FIELD

public static final AccessType FIELD

Field-based access is used.

PROPERTY

public static final AccessType PROPERTY

Property-based access is used.

Method Detail

values

public static AccessType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (AccessType c : AccessType.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static AccessType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null