Joinable (Hibernate JavaDocs)

All Superinterfaces:

FilterRestrictable, Restrictable, WhereRestrictable

All Known Subinterfaces:

OuterJoinLoadable, Queryable, QueryableCollection, SQLLoadableCollection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionPersister, AbstractEntityPersister, BasicCollectionPersister, JoinedSubclassEntityPersister, OneToManyPersister, SingleTableEntityPersister, UnionSubclassEntityPersister
```
public interface Joinable
extends Restrictable
```
Anything that can be loaded by outer join - namely persisters for classes or collections.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`consumesCollectionAlias()`	Very, very, very ugly...
`boolean`	`consumesEntityAlias()`	Very, very, very ugly...
`String[]`	`getKeyColumnNames()`	The columns to join on
`String`	`getName()`	An identifying name; a class name or collection role name.
`String`	`getTableName()`	The table to join to.
`boolean`	`isCollection()`	Is this instance actually a CollectionPersister?

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.FilterRestrictable
applyFilterRestrictions

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.Restrictable
applyBaseRestrictions

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.metamodel.mapping.WhereRestrictable
applyWhereRestrictions

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    An identifying name; a class name or collection role name.
  - getTableName
```
String getTableName()
```
    The table to join to.
  - getKeyColumnNames
```
String[] getKeyColumnNames()
```
    The columns to join on
  - isCollection
```
boolean isCollection()
```
    Is this instance actually a CollectionPersister?
  - consumesEntityAlias
```
boolean consumesEntityAlias()
```
    Very, very, very ugly...
    
    Returns:
    
    Does this persister "consume" entity column aliases in the result set?
  - consumesCollectionAlias
```
boolean consumesCollectionAlias()
```
    Very, very, very ugly...
    
    Returns:
    
    Does this persister "consume" collection column aliases in the result set?