PluralAttributeElementSourceManyToMany (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

AssociationSource, ColumnBindingDefaults, ForeignKeyContributingSource, Orderable, PluralAttributeElementSource, PluralAttributeElementSourceAssociation, RelationalValueSourceContainer
```
public interface PluralAttributeElementSourceManyToMany
extends PluralAttributeElementSourceAssociation, RelationalValueSourceContainer, ForeignKeyContributingSource, Orderable
```
Describes the source for the elements of persistent collections (plural attributes) where the elements are many-to-many association

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getExplicitForeignKeyName()`	Retrieve the name of the foreign key as supplied by the user, or `null` if the user supplied none.
`FetchCharacteristics`	`getFetchCharacteristics()`
`FilterSource[]`	`getFilterSources()`
`java.lang.String`	`getReferencedEntityAttributeName()`
`java.lang.String`	`getReferencedEntityName()`	Obtain the name of the referenced entity.
`java.lang.String`	`getWhere()`
`boolean`	`isIgnoreNotFound()`
`boolean`	`isUnique()`

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.AssociationSource
getAttributeSource, isMappedBy

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.ColumnBindingDefaults
areValuesIncludedInInsertByDefault, areValuesIncludedInUpdateByDefault, areValuesNullableByDefault

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.ForeignKeyContributingSource
createForeignKeyConstraint, isCascadeDeleteEnabled

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.Orderable
getOrder, isOrdered

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.PluralAttributeElementSource
getNature

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi.RelationalValueSourceContainer
getRelationalValueSources

- Method Detail
  - getReferencedEntityName
```
java.lang.String getReferencedEntityName()
```
    Description copied from interface: AssociationSource
    
    Obtain the name of the referenced entity.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getReferencedEntityName in interface AssociationSource
    
    Returns:
    
    The name of the referenced entity
  - getReferencedEntityAttributeName
```
java.lang.String getReferencedEntityAttributeName()
```
  - isIgnoreNotFound
```
boolean isIgnoreNotFound()
```
    Specified by:
    
    isIgnoreNotFound in interface AssociationSource
  - getExplicitForeignKeyName
```
java.lang.String getExplicitForeignKeyName()
```
    Description copied from interface: ForeignKeyContributingSource
    
    Retrieve the name of the foreign key as supplied by the user, or null if the user supplied none.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getExplicitForeignKeyName in interface ForeignKeyContributingSource
    
    Returns:
    
    The user supplied foreign key name.
  - isUnique
```
boolean isUnique()
```
  - getFilterSources
```
FilterSource[] getFilterSources()
```
  - getWhere
```
java.lang.String getWhere()
```
  - getFetchCharacteristics
```
FetchCharacteristics getFetchCharacteristics()
```