Module io.ebean.api
Package io.ebean.plugin

Interface ExpressionPath

public interface ExpressionPath
A dot notation expression path.

  • Method Details

    • containsMany

      boolean containsMany()
      Return true if there is a property on the path that is a many property.

    • pathGet

      Object pathGet(Object bean)
      Return the value from a given entity bean.

    • pathSet

      void pathSet(Object bean, Object value)
      Set a value to the bean for this expression path.
      Parameters:
      bean - the bean to set the value on
      value - the value to set

    • convert

      Object convert(Object value)
      Convert the value to the expected type.

      Typically useful for converting strings to the appropriate number type etc.

    • stringParser

      StringParser stringParser()
      Return the default StringParser for the scalar property.

    • parseDateTime

      Object parseDateTime(long systemTimeMillis)
      For DateTime capable scalar types convert the long systemTimeMillis into an appropriate java time (Date,Timestamp,Time,Calendar, JODA type etc).

    • isDateTimeCapable

      boolean isDateTimeCapable()
      Return true if the last type is "DateTime capable" - can support parseDateTime(long).

    • jdbcType

      int jdbcType()
      Return the underlying JDBC type or 0 if this is not a scalar type.

    • isAssocId

      boolean isAssocId()
      Return true if this is an ManyToOne or OneToOne associated bean property.

    • assocIdExpression

      String assocIdExpression(String propName, String bindOperator)
      Return the Id expression string.

      Typically used to produce id = ? expression strings.

    • assocIdValues

      Object[] assocIdValues(EntityBean bean)
      Return the Id values for the given bean value.

    • property

      Property property()
      Return the underlying bean property.

    • elName

      String elName()
      The ElPrefix plus name.