net.sf.autodao

Annotation Type Finder

@Documented
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface Finder

Annotation for DAO finder methods.

Since:

AutoDAO 0.5

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	query Use this parameter to specify HQL query.
String	queryName Use this parameter to specify named query name.
Class<? extends Collection>	returnAs Use this parameter if finder method wants to return custom collection type.
String	sqlQuery Use this parameter to specify SQL native query.
String	sqlQueryName Use this parameter to specify SQL native query name.

Element Detail

queryName

public abstract String queryName

Use this parameter to specify named query name.

Returns:

named query name.

Default:

""

query

public abstract String query

Use this parameter to specify HQL query.

Returns:

HQL query.

Default:

""

sqlQueryName

public abstract String sqlQueryName

Use this parameter to specify SQL native query name.

Returns:

SQL query name.

Since:

AutoDAO 0.9

Default:

""

sqlQuery

public abstract String sqlQuery

Use this parameter to specify SQL native query.

Returns:

SQL query.

Since:

AutoDAO 0.9

Default:

""

returnAs

public abstract Class<? extends Collection> returnAs

Use this parameter if finder method wants to return custom collection type.

The only requirements for specified type are: no-arg constructor and implemented Collection.addAll(java.util.Collection) method.

Example:

 @Finder(query = "from Book where id in (:ids)", returnAs = HashSet.class)
 Set<Book> findByIds(@Named("ids") Set<Long> ids);
 

Returns:

result collection type.

Default:

java.util.List.class