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

java.lang.Class<?>	getDomainClass() Returns the domain class the repository is declared for.
java.lang.Class<?>	getIdClass() Returns the id class the given class is declared for.
java.lang.Class<?>	getRepositoryInterface() Returns the repository interface.
java.lang.Class<?>	getReturnedDomainClass(java.lang.reflect.Method method) Returns the domain class returned by the given Method.

Method Detail

getIdClass

java.lang.Class<?> getIdClass()

Returns the id class the given class is declared for.

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

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

getDomainClass

java.lang.Class<?> getDomainClass()

Returns the domain class the repository is declared for.

Parameters:

clazz -

Returns:

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

getRepositoryInterface

java.lang.Class<?> getRepositoryInterface()

Returns the repository interface.

Returns:

getReturnedDomainClass

java.lang.Class<?> getReturnedDomainClass(java.lang.reflect.Method method)

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

Parameters:

method -

Returns: