Module jakarta.persistence

Package jakarta.persistence

Enum Class AccessType

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AccessType>

jakarta.persistence.AccessType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AccessType>, Constable

public enum AccessType
extends Enum<AccessType>

Used with the Access annotation to specify an access type to be applied to an entity class, mapped superclass, or embeddable class, or to a specific attribute of such a class.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

• Access

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
FIELD	Field-based access is used.
PROPERTY	Property-based access is used, that is, state is accessed via getter and setter methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AccessType	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static AccessType[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

FIELD

public static final AccessType FIELD

Field-based access is used.

PROPERTY

public static final AccessType PROPERTY

Property-based access is used, that is, state is accessed via getter and setter methods.

Method Details

values

public static AccessType[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static AccessType valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null