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

Method Summary

Class<?>	getDomainType() Returns the domain class the repository is declared for.
Class<? extends Serializable>	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.

Method Detail

getIdType

Class<? extends Serializable> getIdType()

Returns the id class the given class is declared for.

Returns:

the id class of the entity managed by the repository for or null if none found.

getDomainType

Class<?> getDomainType()

Returns the domain class the repository is declared for.

Returns:

the domain class the repository is handling or null if none found.

getRepositoryInterface

Class<?> getRepositoryInterface()

Returns the repository interface.

Returns:

getReturnedDomainClass

Class<?> getReturnedDomainClass(Method method)

Returns the domain class returned by the given Method. Will extract the type from Collections and Page as well.

Parameters:

method -

Returns: