Package org.apache.ibatis.annotations

Annotation Interface TypeDiscriminator

@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(METHOD)
public @interface TypeDiscriminator

The annotation that be grouping conditional mapping definitions.

How to use:

 public interface UserMapper {
   @Select("SELECT id, name, type FROM users ORDER BY id")
   @TypeDiscriminator(
     column = "type",
     javaType = String.class,
     cases = {
       @Case(value = "1", type = PremiumUser.class),
       @Case(value = "2", type = GeneralUser.class),
       @Case(value = "3", type = TemporaryUser.class)
     }
   )
   List<User> selectAll();
 }
 

Author:

Clinton Begin

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
Case[]	cases	Returns conditional mapping definitions.
String	column	Returns the column name(column label) that hold conditional value.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
Class<?>	javaType	Return the java type for conditional value.
JdbcType	jdbcType	Return the jdbc type for column that hold conditional value.
Class<? extends TypeHandler>	typeHandler	Returns the TypeHandler type for retrieving a column value from result set.

Element Details

column

String column

Returns the column name(column label) that hold conditional value.

Returns:

the column name(column label)

javaType

Class<?> javaType

Return the java type for conditional value.

Returns:

the java type

Default:

void.class

jdbcType

JdbcType jdbcType

Return the jdbc type for column that hold conditional value.

Returns:

the jdbc type

Default:

UNDEFINED

typeHandler

Class<? extends TypeHandler> typeHandler

Returns the TypeHandler type for retrieving a column value from result set.

Returns:

the TypeHandler type

Default:

org.apache.ibatis.type.UnknownTypeHandler.class

cases

Case[] cases

Returns conditional mapping definitions.

Returns:

conditional mapping definitions