Package org.hibernate.tuple

This package defines a runtime metamodel for entities at the object level and abstracts the differences between the various entity modes.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
AnnotationValueGeneration<A extends Annotation>	A ValueGeneration based on a custom Java generator annotation type.
Attribute	Contract for attributes
IdentifierAttribute
InDatabaseValueGenerationStrategy	Strategy for describing values which are generated in the database.
InMemoryValueGenerationStrategy
Instantiator	Contract for implementors responsible for instantiating entity/component instances.
NonIdentifierAttribute
Property	Deprecated
Tuplizer	A tuplizer defines the contract for things which know how to manage a particular representation of a piece of data, given that representation's EntityMode (the entity-mode essentially defining which representation).
ValueGeneration	Describes the generation of property values.
ValueGenerator<T>	Defines a generator for in-VM generation of (non-identifier) attribute values.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractAttribute
AbstractNonIdentifierAttribute
BaselineAttributeInformation
BaselineAttributeInformation.Builder
CreationTimestampGeneration	Value generation implementation for CreationTimestamp.
Dom4jInstantiator	Performs "instantiation" based on DOM4J elements.
DynamicMapInstantiator
ElementWrapper	Wraps dom4j elements, allowing them to exist in a non-hierarchical structure.
GeneratedValueGeneration	A AnnotationValueGeneration which marks a property as generated in the database.
IdentifierProperty	Represents a defined entity identifier property within the Hibernate runtime-metamodel.
PojoInstantiator	Defines a POJO-based instantiator for use from the tuplizers.
PropertyFactory	Responsible for generation of runtime metamodel Property representations.
StandardProperty	Deprecated
UpdateTimestampGeneration	Value generation implementation for UpdateTimestamp.
VmValueGeneration	A AnnotationValueGeneration which allows to specify the ValueGenerator to be used to determine the value of the annotated property.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
GenerationTiming
PropertyFactory.NonIdentifierAttributeNature

Package org.hibernate.tuple Description

This package defines a runtime metamodel for entities at the object level and abstracts the differences between the various entity modes. It is unaware of mappings to the database.

(This package is still undergoing maturation and will change over the next few months.)