- All Known Implementing Classes:
ColumnMetaData,MappedManyToMany,MappedOneToMany
public interface MappedFieldTarget
Marker interface for a target for a mapped field in an object-relational mapping (ORM) context.
This interface is a marker for any structure that defines metadata or mappings associated with a database field or relationship within an ORM framework. Implementations of this interface may represent various types of mappings, such as one-to-many, many-to-many, or column-to-table relationships.
Common use cases include defining the structure or mappings for: - One-to-many relationships between entities. - Many-to-many relationships using a join table. - Database expressions and inline tables.
This abstraction enables flexibility and extensibility by allowing multiple forms of field mapping metadata to be handled uniformly.