A Family is a grouping of KeyValue pairs and is typically composed of a keyspace and the family name.
For example in Cassandra a Family relates to a ColumnFamily or in BigTable a Family relates to a an Entity kind.
Other more simplistic key/value stores may just use prefixes on keys for the family
| Fields inherited from class | Fields | 
|---|---|
| class Entity | ALL_DATA_SOURCES, DEFAULT_DATA_SOURCE, propertyConfigs | 
| Type Params | Return Type | Name and description | 
|---|---|---|
|  | protected KeyValue | newProperty() | 
| Methods inherited from class | Name | 
|---|---|
| class Entity | cloneGlobalConstraint, configureExisting, connection, connections, connections, datasource, getOrInitializePropertyConfig, getPropertyConfig, getPropertyConfigs, getSort, id, id, isVersioned, methodMissing, newProperty, property, property, property, property, propertyMissing, setSort, tenantId, version, version |