com.datastax.driver.mapping

Interface HierarchyScanStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultHierarchyScanStrategy, MappedClassesOnlyHierarchyScanStrategy

public interface HierarchyScanStrategy

A strategy to determine which ancestors of mapped classes should be scanned for mapped properties.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Class<?>>	filterClassHierarchy(Class<?> mappedClass) Computes the ancestors of the given base class, optionally filtering out any ancestor that should not be scanned.

Method Detail

filterClassHierarchy

List<Class<?>> filterClassHierarchy(Class<?> mappedClass)

Computes the ancestors of the given base class, optionally filtering out any ancestor that should not be scanned.

Implementors should always include mappedClass in the returned list.

Parameters:

mappedClass - The mapped class; this is necessarily a class annotated with either @Table or @UDT.

Returns:

the list of classes that should be scanned, including mappedClass itself and its ancestors, ordered from the lowest (closest to mappedClass) to the highest (or farthest from mappedClass).