org.odata4j.edm
Class EdmComplexType

java.lang.Object
  org.odata4j.edm.EdmItem
      org.odata4j.edm.EdmType
          org.odata4j.edm.EdmNonSimpleType
              org.odata4j.edm.EdmStructuralType
                  org.odata4j.edm.EdmComplexType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Named

public class EdmComplexType
extends EdmStructuralType

A CSDL ComplexType element.

A ComplexType element defines a data structure composed of EdmSimpleType properties or other complex types. A complex type can be a property of an entity type or another complex type. A complex type is similar to an entity type in that a complex type defines data. However, there are some key differences between complex types and entity types:

Complex types do not have identities (or keys) and therefore cannot exist independently. Complex types can only exist as properties of entity types or other complex types.

Complex types cannot participate in associations. Neither end of an association can be a complex type, and therefore navigation properties cannot be defined for complex types.

A complex type property cannot have a null value, though the scalar properties of a complex type may each be set to null.

See Also:

[msdn] ComplexType Element (CSDL)

Nested Class Summary

static class

EdmComplexType.Builder Mutable builder for EdmComplexType objects.

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.odata4j.edm.EdmType

EdmType.DeferredBuilder<T,TBuilder>

Method Summary

static EdmComplexType.Builder

newBuilder()

Methods inherited from class org.odata4j.edm.EdmStructuralType

findDeclaredProperty, findProperty, getBaseType, getDeclaredProperties, getIsAbstract, getName, getNamespace, getProperties, isRootType

Methods inherited from class org.odata4j.edm.EdmNonSimpleType

isSimple

Methods inherited from class org.odata4j.edm.EdmType

equals, getFullyQualifiedTypeName, getInstanceType, getSimple, hashCode, newDeferredBuilder, toString

Methods inherited from class org.odata4j.edm.EdmItem

findAnnotation, getAnnotations, getDocumentation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

newBuilder

public static EdmComplexType.Builder newBuilder()