PojoModelCompositeElement (Hibernate Search 6.1.8.Final)

All Superinterfaces:

PojoModelElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

PojoModelProperty, PojoModelType
```
@Incubating
public interface PojoModelCompositeElement
extends PojoModelElement
```
A potentially composite element in the POJO model.
Offers ways to create accessors allowing to retrieve data from objects passed to bridges.

See Also:

PojoModelType, PojoModelProperty

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PojoElementAccessor<?>`	`createAccessor()`
`<T> PojoElementAccessor<T>`	`createAccessor(Class<T> type)`
`Collection<? extends PojoModelProperty>`	`properties()`
`PojoModelProperty`	`property(String name)`

Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.search.mapper.pojo.model.PojoModelElement
isAssignableTo

- Method Detail
  - createAccessor
```
<T> PojoElementAccessor<T> createAccessor(Class<T> type)
```
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - The expected type of values returned by the accessor.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - The expected type of values returned by the accessor.
    
    Returns:
    
    An accessor able to retrieve this element from an object, provided it has the right type.
    
    Throws:
    
    SearchException - If this element is not assignable to the given type.
  - createAccessor
```
PojoElementAccessor<?> createAccessor()
```
    Returns:
    
    An accessor able to retrieve this element from an object, provided it has the right type.
  - property
```
PojoModelProperty property(String name)
```
    Parameters:
    
    name - The name of a property.
    
    Returns:
    
    A element representing the given property on the current element.
  - properties
```
Collection<? extends PojoModelProperty> properties()
```
    Returns:
    
    A collection of all properties of the current element.