org.hibernate.engine
Class CascadeStyle

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.engine.CascadeStyle

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CascadeStyle.MultipleCascadeStyle

public abstract class CascadeStyle

extends Object

implements Serializable

A style of cascade that can be specified by the mapping for an association. The style is specified by the cascade attribute in the mapping file.

Author:

Gavin King

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

CascadeStyle.MultipleCascadeStyle

Field Summary

static CascadeStyle	ALL save / delete / update / evict / lock / replicate / merge / persist
static CascadeStyle	ALL_DELETE_ORPHAN save / delete / update / evict / lock / replicate / merge / persist + delete orphans
static CascadeStyle	DELETE delete
static CascadeStyle	DELETE_ORPHAN delete + delete orphans
static CascadeStyle	EVICT evict
static CascadeStyle	LOCK lock
static CascadeStyle	MERGE merge
static CascadeStyle	NONE no cascades
static CascadeStyle	PERSIST create
static CascadeStyle	REFRESH refresh
static CascadeStyle	REPLICATE replicate
static CascadeStyle	UPDATE save / update

Method Summary

abstract boolean	doCascade(CascadingAction action) Should the given action be cascaded?
static CascadeStyle	getCascadeStyle(String cascade)
boolean	hasOrphanDelete() Do we need to delete orphaned collection elements?
boolean	reallyDoCascade(CascadingAction action) Should the given action really, really be cascaded?

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ALL_DELETE_ORPHAN

public static final CascadeStyle ALL_DELETE_ORPHAN

save / delete / update / evict / lock / replicate / merge / persist + delete orphans

ALL

public static final CascadeStyle ALL

save / delete / update / evict / lock / replicate / merge / persist

UPDATE

public static final CascadeStyle UPDATE

save / update

LOCK

public static final CascadeStyle LOCK

lock

REFRESH

public static final CascadeStyle REFRESH

refresh

EVICT

public static final CascadeStyle EVICT

evict

REPLICATE

public static final CascadeStyle REPLICATE

replicate

MERGE

public static final CascadeStyle MERGE

merge

PERSIST

public static final CascadeStyle PERSIST

create

DELETE

public static final CascadeStyle DELETE

delete

DELETE_ORPHAN

public static final CascadeStyle DELETE_ORPHAN

delete + delete orphans

NONE

public static final CascadeStyle NONE

no cascades

Method Detail

doCascade

public abstract boolean doCascade(CascadingAction action)

Should the given action be cascaded?

reallyDoCascade

public boolean reallyDoCascade(CascadingAction action)

Should the given action really, really be cascaded?

hasOrphanDelete

public boolean hasOrphanDelete()

Do we need to delete orphaned collection elements?

getCascadeStyle

public static CascadeStyle getCascadeStyle(String cascade)