Package jakarta.persistence

Interface EntityGraph<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the root entity.

All Superinterfaces:

Graph<T>

public interface EntityGraph<T>
extends Graph<T>

This type represents the root of an entity graph that will be used as a template to define the attribute nodes and boundaries of a graph of entities and entity relationships. The root must be an entity type.

The methods to add subgraphs implicitly create the corresponding attribute nodes as well; such attribute nodes should not be redundantly specified.

Since:

2.1

See Also:

• AttributeNode
• Subgraph
• NamedEntityGraph
• EntityManager.createEntityGraph(Class)
• EntityManager.createEntityGraph(String)
• EntityManager.getEntityGraph(String)
• EntityManagerFactory.addNamedEntityGraph(String, EntityGraph)
• EntityManager.find(EntityGraph, Object, FindOption...)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> Subgraph<? extends T>	addSubclassSubgraph(Class<? extends T> type)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. use addTreatedSubgraph(Class)
<S extends T> Subgraph<S>	addTreatedSubgraph(Class<S> type)	Add additional attributes to this entity graph that correspond to attributes of subclasses of the entity type of this EntityGraph.
String	getName()	Return the name of a named EntityGraph (an entity graph defined by means of the NamedEntityGraph annotation, XML descriptor element, or added by means of the EntityManagerFactory.addNamedEntityGraph(java.lang.String, jakarta.persistence.EntityGraph<T>) method).

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.Graph

addAttributeNode, addAttributeNode, addAttributeNodes, addAttributeNodes, addElementSubgraph, addElementSubgraph, addElementSubgraph, addKeySubgraph, addKeySubgraph, addKeySubgraph, addKeySubgraph, addMapKeySubgraph, addSubgraph, addSubgraph, addSubgraph, addSubgraph, addTreatedElementSubgraph, addTreatedMapKeySubgraph, addTreatedSubgraph, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodes, hasAttributeNode, hasAttributeNode, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNodes

Method Details

getName

String getName()

Return the name of a named EntityGraph (an entity graph defined by means of the NamedEntityGraph annotation, XML descriptor element, or added by means of the EntityManagerFactory.addNamedEntityGraph(java.lang.String, jakarta.persistence.EntityGraph<T>) method). Returns null if the EntityGraph is not a named EntityGraph.

addTreatedSubgraph

<S extends T> Subgraph<S> addTreatedSubgraph(Class<S> type)

Add additional attributes to this entity graph that correspond to attributes of subclasses of the entity type of this EntityGraph. Subclass subgraphs automatically include the specified attributes of superclass subgraphs.

Parameters:

type - entity subclass

Returns:

subgraph for the subclass

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the type is not an entity type

IllegalStateException - if the EntityGraph has been statically defined

addSubclassSubgraph

@Deprecated(since="3.2",
            forRemoval=true)
<T> Subgraph<? extends T> addSubclassSubgraph(Class<? extends T> type)

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

use addTreatedSubgraph(Class)

Add additional attributes to this entity graph that correspond to attributes of subclasses of the entity type of this EntityGraph. Subclass subgraphs automatically include the specified attributes of superclass subgraphs.

Parameters:

type - entity subclass

Returns:

subgraph for the subclass

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the type is not an entity type

IllegalStateException - if the EntityGraph has been statically defined