NamingStrategy


1   //$Id: NamingStrategy.java,v 1.1 2004/06/03 16:30:05 steveebersole Exp $
2   package org.hibernate.cfg;
3   
4   /**
5    * A set of rules for determining the physical column
6    * and table names given the information in the mapping
7    * document. May be used to implement project-scoped
8    * naming standards for database objects.
9    *
10   * @see DefaultNamingStrategy
11   * @see ImprovedNamingStrategy
12   * @author Gavin King
13   */
14  public interface NamingStrategy {
15      /**
16       * Return a table name for an entity class
17       * @param className the fully-qualified class name
18       * @return a table name
19       */
20      public String   classToTableName(String   className);
21      /**
22       * Return a column name for a property path expression
23       * @param propertyName a property path
24       * @return a column name
25       */
26      public String   propertyToColumnName(String   propertyName);
27      /**
28       * Alter the table name given in the mapping document
29       * @param tableName a table name
30       * @return a table name
31       */
32      public String   tableName(String   tableName);
33      /**
34       * Alter the column name given in the mapping document
35       * @param columnName a column name
36       * @return a column name
37       */
38      public String   columnName(String   columnName);
39      /**
40       * Return a table name for a collection
41       * @param className the fully-qualified name of the owning entity class
42       * @param propertyName a property path
43       * @return a table name
44       */
45      public String   propertyToTableName(String   className, String   propertyName);
46  }
47
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