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Date: 2012-04-05

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## org.hibernate.metamodel.domain
Interface Type

All Known Subinterfaces:
  AttributeContainer, Hierarchical

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractAttributeContainer, BasicType, Component, Entity, NonEntity, Superclass

    public interface Type

Basic information about a Java type, in regards to its role in particular set of mappings.

Method Summary
`String` | `getClassName()` Obtain the java class name for this type.
`Class<?>` | `getClassReference()` Obtain the java `Class` reference for this type
`Value<Class<?>>` | `getClassReferenceUnresolved()`
`String` | `getName()` Obtain the name of the type.
`boolean` | `isAssociation()`
`boolean` | `isComponent()`

Method Detail

### getName

    String getName()

  Obtain the name of the type.

  Returns:
    The name

### getClassName

    String getClassName()

  Obtain the java class name for this type.

  Returns:
    The class name

### getClassReference

    Class<?> getClassReference()

  Obtain the java `Class` reference for this type

  Returns:
    The `Class` reference
  Throws:
    `ClassLoadingException` - Indicates the class reference could not be determined. Generally this is the case in reverse-engineering scenarios where the specified domain model classes do not yet exist.

### getClassReferenceUnresolved

    Value<Class<?>> getClassReferenceUnresolved()

### isAssociation

    boolean isAssociation()

### isComponent

    boolean isComponent()

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