/**
* INTERNAL: Not to be confused with the public getField(String) This returns a collection of all
* fields associated with this object. Really only applies to query keys representing an object or
* to expression builders.
*/
@Override
public Vector getFields() {
if (getDescriptor() == null) {
DatabaseMapping mapping = getMapping();
if (mapping != null) {
return mapping.getSelectFields();
}
return new NonSynchronizedVector(0);
}
if (descriptor.hasInheritance()
&& descriptor.getInheritancePolicy().shouldReadSubclasses()
&& (!descriptor.getInheritancePolicy().hasMultipleTableChild())
|| shouldUseOuterJoinForMultitableInheritance()) {
// return all fields because we can.
return descriptor.getAllFields();
} else {
return descriptor.getFields();
}
}
