foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/querykeys/DirectCollectionQueryKey.java

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 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
 */

// Contributors:
//     Oracle - initial API and implementation from Oracle TopLink
package org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.querykeys;

import org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.ClassDescriptor;
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseTable;


/**
 * <p>
 * <b>Purpose</b>:Represents a direct collection join query.
 */
public class DirectCollectionQueryKey extends ForeignReferenceQueryKey {

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * override the isCollectionQueryKey() method in the superclass to return true.
     * @return boolean
     */
    @Override
    public boolean isCollectionQueryKey() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * override the isDirectCollectionQueryKey() method in the superclass to return true.
     * @return boolean
     */
    @Override
    public boolean isDirectCollectionQueryKey() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * PUBLIC:
     * Returns the reference table.
     */
    @Override
    public DatabaseTable getRelationTable(ClassDescriptor referenceDescriptor) {
        return null;
    }
}