org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping

Interface DocumentPointer<T>

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface DocumentPointer<T>

A custom pointer to a linked document to be used along with DocumentReference for storing the linkage value.

Since:

3.3

Author:

Christoph Strobl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	getPointer() The actual pointer value.

Method Detail

getPointer

T getPointer()

The actual pointer value. This can be any simple type, like a String or ObjectId or a Document holding more information like the target collection, multiple fields forming the key, etc.

Returns:

the value stored in MongoDB and used for constructing the lookup query.