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## org.apache.cayenne.map
Class EmbeddedAttribute

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute
          org.apache.cayenne.map.EmbeddedAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable, CayenneMapEntry, XMLSerializable

    public class EmbeddedAttribute

extends Attribute

An attribute of the ObjEntity that maps to an embeddable class.

Since:
  3.0
Author:
  Andrus Adamchik
See Also:
  Serialized Form

Field Summary
`protected SortedMap` | `attributeOverrides`
`protected String` | `type`

Fields inherited from class org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute
`entity, name`

Constructor Summary
`EmbeddedAttribute()`
`EmbeddedAttribute(String name)`
`EmbeddedAttribute(String name, String type, ObjEntity entity)`

Method Summary
`void` | `addAttributeOverride(String name, String dbAttributeName)`
`void` | `encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder)` Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.
`ObjAttribute` | `getAttribute(String name)` Returns an ObjAttribute for a given name, taking into account column name overrides.
`ObjAttribute` | `getAttributeForDbPath(String dbPath)` Returns an ObjAttribute that maps to a given `DbAttribute`, or returns null if no such attribute exists.
`Map` | `getAttributeOverrides()`
`Collection` | `getAttributes()` Returns a Collection of ObjAttributes of an embedded object taking into account column name overrides.
`Embeddable` | `getEmbeddable()`
`Class` | `getJavaClass()` Returns Java class of an object property described by this attribute.
`String` | `getType()` Returns a type of this attribute that must be an `Embeddable` object.
`void` | `removeAttributeOverride(String name)`
`void` | `setType(String type)` Sets a type of this attribute that must be an `Embeddable` object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.cayenne.map.Attribute
`getEntity, getName, getParent, setEntity, setName, setParent, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### type

    protected String type

### attributeOverrides

    protected SortedMap attributeOverrides

Constructor Detail

### EmbeddedAttribute

    public EmbeddedAttribute()

### EmbeddedAttribute

    public EmbeddedAttribute(String name)

### EmbeddedAttribute

    public EmbeddedAttribute(String name,
                             String type,
                             ObjEntity entity)

Method Detail

### encodeAsXML

    public void encodeAsXML(XMLEncoder encoder)

  Description copied from interface: `XMLSerializable`
  Prints itself as XML to the provided XMLEncoder.

  Specified by:
    `encodeAsXML` in interface `XMLSerializable`
  Specified by:
    `encodeAsXML` in class `Attribute`

### getAttributeOverrides

    public Map getAttributeOverrides()

### getEmbeddable

    public Embeddable getEmbeddable()

### getAttributeForDbPath

    public ObjAttribute getAttributeForDbPath(String dbPath)

  Returns an ObjAttribute that maps to a given `DbAttribute`, or returns null if no such attribute exists.

### getAttribute

    public ObjAttribute getAttribute(String name)

  Returns an ObjAttribute for a given name, taking into account column name overrides.

### getAttributes

    public Collection getAttributes()

  Returns a Collection of ObjAttributes of an embedded object taking into account column name overrides.

### addAttributeOverride

    public void addAttributeOverride(String name,
                                     String dbAttributeName)

### removeAttributeOverride

    public void removeAttributeOverride(String name)

### getType

    public String getType()

  Returns a type of this attribute that must be an `Embeddable` object.

### getJavaClass

    public Class getJavaClass()

  Returns Java class of an object property described by this attribute. Wraps any thrown exceptions into CayenneRuntimeException.

### setType

    public void setType(String type)

  Sets a type of this attribute that must be an `Embeddable` object.

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