Hibernate example source code file (AccessType.java)

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The Hibernate AccessType.java source code

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package org.hibernate.cfg;

/**
 * Enum defining different access strategies for accessing entity values.
 *
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public enum AccessType {
	/**
	 * Default access strategy is property
	 */
	DEFAULT( "property" ),

	/**
	 * Access to value via property
	 */
	PROPERTY( "property" ),

	/**
	 * Access to value via field
	 */
	FIELD( "field" );

	private final String accessType;

	AccessType(String type) {
		this.accessType = type;
	}

	public String getType() {
		return accessType;
	}

	public static AccessType getAccessStrategy(String type) {
		if ( type == null ) {
			return DEFAULT;
		}
		else if ( FIELD.getType().equals( type ) ) {
			return FIELD;
		}
		else if ( PROPERTY.getType().equals( type ) ) {
			return PROPERTY;
		}
		else {
			// TODO historically if the type string could not be matched default access was used. Maybe this should be an exception though!?
			return DEFAULT;
		}
	}

	public static AccessType getAccessStrategy(javax.persistence.AccessType type) {
		if ( javax.persistence.AccessType.PROPERTY.equals( type ) ) {
			return PROPERTY;
		}
		else if ( javax.persistence.AccessType.FIELD.equals( type ) ) {
			return FIELD;
		}
		else {
			return DEFAULT;
		}
	}
}