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<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">ContainerMapping</span></pre>
<div class="block">Interface used by clients to interact
with the assorted mappings that use <code>ContainerPolicy</code>.</div>
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<dd><code>ContainerPolicy</code></dd>
<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Author:</span></dt>
<dd>Big Country</dd>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ContainerPolicy</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/ContainerMapping.html#getContainerPolicy--">getContainerPolicy</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">PUBLIC:
Return the mapping's container policy.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/ContainerMapping.html#setContainerPolicy-org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ContainerPolicy-">setContainerPolicy</a></span>(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ContainerPolicy&nbsp;containerPolicy)</code>
<div class="block">PUBLIC:
Set the mapping's container policy.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/ContainerMapping.html#useCollectionClass-java.lang.Class-">useCollectionClass</a></span>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&nbsp;concreteClass)</code>
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Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
to hold the target objects.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/ContainerMapping.html#useCollectionClassName-java.lang.String-">useCollectionClassName</a></span>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;concreteClass)</code>
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Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
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Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../org/eclipse/persistence/mappings/ContainerMapping.html#useMapClass-java.lang.Class-java.lang.String-">useMapClass</a></span>(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&nbsp;concreteClass,
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Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
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<td class="colFirst"><code>void</code></td>
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Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
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<pre>org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ContainerPolicy&nbsp;getContainerPolicy()</pre>
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Return the mapping's container policy.</div>
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<pre>void&nbsp;setContainerPolicy(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries.ContainerPolicy&nbsp;containerPolicy)</pre>
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Set the mapping's container policy.</div>
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<pre>void&nbsp;useCollectionClass(<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&nbsp;concreteClass)</pre>
<div class="block">PUBLIC:
Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
to hold the target objects.
<p>The container class must implement (directly or indirectly) the
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<div class="block">PUBLIC:
Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
to hold the target objects.
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<div class="block">PUBLIC:
Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
to hold the target objects.
<p>The container class must implement (directly or indirectly) the
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<div class="block">PUBLIC:
Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
to hold the target objects. The key used to index a value in the
<code>Map</code> is the value returned by a call to the specified
zero-argument method.
The method must be implemented by the class (or a superclass) of any
value to be inserted into the <code>Map</code>.
<p>The container class must implement (directly or indirectly) the
<code>java.util.Map</code> interface.
<p>To facilitate resolving the method, the mapping's referenceClass
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Configure the mapping to use an instance of the specified container class
to hold the target objects. The key used to index a value in the
<code>Map</code> is the value returned by a call to the specified
zero-argument method.
The method must be implemented by the class (or a superclass) of any
value to be inserted into the <code>Map</code>.
<p>The container class must implement (directly or indirectly) the
<code>java.util.Map</code> interface.
<p>To facilitate resolving the method, the mapping's referenceClass
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