org.springframework.data.repository.core

Interface RepositoryMetadata

All Known Subinterfaces:

RepositoryInformation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRepositoryMetadata, AnnotationRepositoryMetadata, DefaultRepositoryMetadata

public interface RepositoryMetadata

Metadata for repository interfaces.

Author:

Oliver Gierke, Mark Paluch

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<Class<?>>	getAlternativeDomainTypes() Returns the set of types the repository shall be discoverable for when trying to look up a repository by domain type.
CrudMethods	getCrudMethods() Returns CrudMethods meta information for the repository.
Class<?>	getDomainType() Returns the domain class the repository is declared for.
Class<?>	getIdType() Returns the id class the given class is declared for.
Class<?>	getRepositoryInterface() Returns the repository interface.
Class<?>	getReturnedDomainClass(Method method) Returns the domain class returned by the given Method.
TypeInformation<?>	getReturnType(Method method) Returns the type Method return type as it is declared in the repository.
boolean	isPagingRepository() Returns whether the repository is a paging one.
boolean	isReactiveRepository() Returns whether the repository is a reactive one, i.e. if it uses reactive types in one of its methods.

Method Detail

getIdType

Class<?> getIdType()

Returns the id class the given class is declared for.

Returns:

the id class of the entity managed by the repository.

getDomainType

Class<?> getDomainType()

Returns the domain class the repository is declared for.

Returns:

the domain class the repository is handling.

getRepositoryInterface

Class<?> getRepositoryInterface()

Returns the repository interface.

Returns:

getReturnType

TypeInformation<?> getReturnType(Method method)

Returns the type Method return type as it is declared in the repository. Considers suspended methods and does not unwrap component types but leaves those for further inspection.

Parameters:

method -

Returns:

Since:

2.4

getReturnedDomainClass

Class<?> getReturnedDomainClass(Method method)

Returns the domain class returned by the given Method. In contrast to getReturnType(Method), this method extracts the type from Collections and Page as well.

Parameters:

method -

Returns:

See Also:

getReturnType(Method)

getCrudMethods

CrudMethods getCrudMethods()

Returns CrudMethods meta information for the repository.

Returns:

isPagingRepository

boolean isPagingRepository()

Returns whether the repository is a paging one.

Returns:

getAlternativeDomainTypes

Set<Class<?>> getAlternativeDomainTypes()

Returns the set of types the repository shall be discoverable for when trying to look up a repository by domain type.

Returns:

the set of types the repository shall be discoverable for when trying to look up a repository by domain type, must not be null.

Since:

1.11

See Also:

Repositories.getRepositoryFor(Class)

isReactiveRepository

boolean isReactiveRepository()

Returns whether the repository is a reactive one, i.e. if it uses reactive types in one of its methods.

Returns:

Since:

2.0