How to use

ClassDescriptor

in

org.apache.cayenne.reflect

public SQLTemplate getQuery() {
  // concatenate buffers...
  StringBuilder main = bufferChain.get(0);
  for (int i = 1; i < bufferChain.size(); i++) {
    main.append(bufferChain.get(i));
  }
  String sql = main.length() > 0 ? main.toString() : null;
  SQLTemplate query = new SQLTemplate(compiledExpression
      .getRootDescriptor()
      .getObjectClass(), sql);
  query.setParams(boundParameters);
  return query;
}

public boolean visitProperties(PropertyVisitor visitor) {
  checkDescriptorInitialized();
  return descriptor.visitProperties(visitor);
}

public Object createObject() {
  checkDescriptorInitialized();
  return descriptor.createObject();
}

DataRowPostProcessor(ClassDescriptor classDescriptor, Map<String, Collection<ColumnOverride>> columnOverrides) {
  if (classDescriptor != null && classDescriptor.hasSubclasses()) {
    this.inheritanceTree = classDescriptor.getEntityInheritanceTree();
    this.columnOverrides = columnOverrides;
  } else {
    if (columnOverrides.size() != 1) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("No inheritance - there must be only one override set");
    }
    defaultOverrides = columnOverrides.values().iterator().next();
  }
}

seen.put(id, target);
descriptor = descriptor.getSubclassDescriptor(peerInParentContext.getClass());
descriptor.visitProperties(new PropertyVisitor() {

ObjectResolver(DataContext context, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean refresh) {
  // sanity check
  if (descriptor == null || descriptor.getEntity() == null) {
    // possible cause: query that is not expected to have result set somehow got it..
    throw new CayenneRuntimeException("No ClassDescriptor. Maybe DataRows should be fetched instead of objects.");
  }
  DbEntity dbEntity = descriptor.getEntity().getDbEntity();
  if (dbEntity == null) {
    throw new CayenneRuntimeException("ObjEntity '%s' has no DbEntity.", descriptor.getEntity().getName());
  }
  this.primaryKey = dbEntity.getPrimaryKeys();
  if (primaryKey.size() == 0) {
    throw new CayenneRuntimeException("Won't be able to create ObjectId for '%s'. Reason: DbEntity " +
        "'%s' has no Primary Key defined.", descriptor.getEntity().getName(), dbEntity.getName());
  }
  this.context = context;
  this.cache = context.getObjectStore().getDataRowCache();
  this.refreshObjects = refresh;
  this.descriptor = descriptor;
  this.descriptorResolutionStrategy = descriptor.hasSubclasses() ? new InheritanceStrategy()
      : new NoInheritanceStrategy();
}

  throw new EJBQLException("the entity variable '" + id +"' does not refer to any entity in the FROM clause");
final EntityResult entityResult = new EntityResult(descriptor.getObjectClass());
final String prefix = "ec" + position + "_";
final int[] index = {
descriptor.visitAllProperties(visitor);
for (String pkName : descriptor.getEntity().getPrimaryKeyNames()) {
  if (visited.add(pkName)) {
    entityResult.addDbField(pkName, prefix + index[0]++);
for (ObjAttribute column : descriptor.getDiscriminatorColumns()) {

/**
 * @since 1.2
 */
public ObjEntity getObjEntity() {
  return classDescriptor != null ? classDescriptor.getEntity() : null;
}

descriptor = descriptor.getSubclassDescriptor(source.getClass());
    .getEntityName());
final Persistent target = (Persistent) targetDescriptor.createObject();
target.setObjectId(id);
seen.put(id, target);
descriptor.visitProperties(new PropertyVisitor() {

descriptor.visitAllProperties(visitor);
for (String pkName : descriptor.getEntity().getPrimaryKeyNames()) {
  if (visited.add(pkName)) {
    result
for (ObjAttribute column : descriptor.getDiscriminatorColumns()) {

ClassDescriptor classDescriptor = getEntityResolver().getClassDescriptor(
    object.getObjectId().getEntityName());
PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor = classDescriptor.getProperty(property);
  classDescriptor.visitProperties(new PropertyVisitor() {
    @Override
    public boolean visitAttribute(final AttributeProperty property) {

  object = (Persistent) descriptor.createObject();
} catch (Exception ex) {
  throw new CayenneRuntimeException("Error instantiating object.", ex);
descriptor.injectValueHolders(object);

public InheritanceAwareEntityRowReader(RowDescriptor descriptor, EntityResultSegment segmentMetadata,
    DataRowPostProcessor postProcessor) {
  
  super(descriptor, segmentMetadata, postProcessor);
  this.entityInheritanceTree = segmentMetadata.getClassDescriptor().getEntityInheritanceTree();
}

Iterator<CayenneMapEntry> it = classDescriptor.getEntity().resolvePathComponents(
    prefetchPath);
      , prefetchPath, classDescriptor.getEntity().getName());
    .getEntityInheritanceTree()
    .qualifierForEntityAndSubclasses();
prefetchQuery.setStatementFetchSize(query.getStatementFetchSize());
prefetchQuery.setQualifier(classDescriptor.getEntity().translateToRelatedEntity(
    queryQualifier,
    prefetchPath));

private void addPrefetchedColumnsIfAny(final String visitedIdentifier) {
  PrefetchTreeNode prefetchTree = context.getCompiledExpression().getPrefetchTree();
  if (prefetchTree != null) {
    for (PrefetchTreeNode prefetch : prefetchTree.adjacentJointNodes()) {
      ClassDescriptor descriptor = context.getEntityDescriptor(prefetch.getEjbqlPathEntityId());
      if (visitedIdentifier.equals(prefetch.getEjbqlPathEntityId())) {
        DbEntity table = descriptor.getRootDbEntities().iterator().next();
        ObjEntity objectEntity = descriptor.getEntity();
        prefetch.setEntityName(objectEntity.getName());
        Expression prefetchExp = ExpressionFactory.exp(prefetch.getPath());
        Expression dbPrefetch = objectEntity.translateToDbPath(prefetchExp);
        DbRelationship r = null;
        for (PathComponent<DbAttribute, DbRelationship> component : table.resolvePath(dbPrefetch, context
            .getMetadata().getPathSplitAliases())) {
          r = component.getRelationship();
        }
        if (r == null) {
          throw new CayenneRuntimeException("Invalid joint prefetch '%s' for entity: %s"
              , prefetch, objectEntity.getName());
        }
        for (DbAttribute attribute : r.getTargetEntity().getAttributes()) {
          appendColumn(prefetch.getEjbqlPathEntityId() + "." + prefetch.getPath(), attribute, "",
              prefetch.getPath() + "." + attribute.getName(), null);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

object = (T) descriptor.createObject();
object.setObjectContext(context);
object.setObjectId(id);
  && object.getPersistenceState() != PersistenceState.DELETED) {
descriptor.shallowMerge(peerInParentContext, object);

    object.getObjectId().getEntityName());
for (final ObjRelationship relationship : descriptor.getEntity().getRelationships()) {
  ArcProperty property = (ArcProperty) descriptor.getProperty(relationship.getName());
  final Collection<Persistent> relatedObjects = toCollection(property.readProperty(object));

ObjEntity oe = descriptor.getEntity();
descriptor.visitAllProperties(visitor);
    prefetchClassDescriptor.visitAllProperties(prefetchVisitor);

public PropertyDescriptor getDeclaredProperty(String propertyName) {
  checkDescriptorInitialized();
  return descriptor.getDeclaredProperty(propertyName);
}

public Collection<ObjAttribute> getDiscriminatorColumns() {
  checkDescriptorInitialized();
  return descriptor.getDiscriminatorColumns();
}