Module is.codion.framework.domain
Package is.codion.framework.domain.entity

Interface Entity

    • Method Detail

      • type

        EntityType type()
        Returns:
        the entity type

      • put

        <T> T put​(Attribute<T> attribute,
          T value)
        Sets the value of the given attribute, returning the old value if any
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute
        value - the value
        Returns:
        the previous value

      • get

        <T> T get​(Attribute<T> attribute)
        Returns the value associated with attribute.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute for which to retrieve the value
        Returns:
        the value of the given attribute

      • getOptional

        <T> Optional<T> getOptional​(Attribute<T> attribute)
        Returns the value associated with attribute, wrapped in an Optional.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute for which to retrieve the value
        Returns:
        the value of the given attribute, wrapped in an Optional

      • getOriginal

        <T> T getOriginal​(Attribute<T> attribute)
        Returns the original value associated with attribute. If the value has not been modified the current value is returned.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute for which to retrieve the original value
        Returns:
        the original value of the given attribute

      • toString

        <T> String toString​(Attribute<T> attribute)
        This method returns a String representation of the value associated with the given attribute, if the associated property has a format it is used.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute for which to retrieve the value
        Returns:
        a String representation of the value associated with attribute

      • revert

        void revert​(Attribute<?> attribute)
        Reverts the value associated with the given attribute to its original value. If the value has not been modified then calling this method has no effect.
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute for which to revert the value

      • revertAll

        void revertAll()
        Reverts all value modifications that have been made. This entity will be unmodified after a call to this method. If no modifications have been made then calling this method has no effect.

      • save

        void save​(Attribute<?> attribute)
        Saves the value associated with the given attribute, that is, removes the original value. If no original value exists calling this method has no effect.
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute for which to save the value

      • saveAll

        void saveAll()
        Saves all the value modifications that have been made. This entity will be unmodified after a call to this method.
        See Also:
        isModified()

      • remove

        <T> T remove​(Attribute<T> attribute)
        Removes the given value from this Entity along with the original value if any. If no value is mapped to the given attribute, this method has no effect.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute to remove
        Returns:
        the previous value mapped to the given attribute

      • isNull

        boolean isNull​(Attribute<?> attribute)
        Returns true if a null value is mapped to the given attribute or if no mapping is found. In case of foreign key attributes the value of the underlying reference attribute is checked.
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute
        Returns:
        true if the value mapped to the given attribute is null or no value is mapped

      • isNotNull

        boolean isNotNull​(Attribute<?> attribute)
        Returns true if this Entity contains a non-null value mapped to the given attribute In case of foreign key attributes the value of the underlying reference attribute is checked.
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute
        Returns:
        true if a non-null value is mapped to the given attribute

      • contains

        boolean contains​(Attribute<?> attribute)
        Returns true if this Entity contains a value for the given attribute, that value can be null.
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute
        Returns:
        true if a value is mapped to this attribute

      • referencedEntity

        Entity referencedEntity​(ForeignKey foreignKey)
        Returns the Entity instance referenced by the given foreign key attribute. If the underlying reference attribute contains a value, that is, a foreign key value exists but the actual referenced entity has not been loaded, an "empty" entity is returned, containing only the primary key value. Null is returned only if the actual reference attribute is null.
        Parameters:
        foreignKey - the foreign key for which to retrieve the value
        Returns:
        the value of foreignKey, assuming it is an Entity
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if the attribute is not a foreign key attribute
        See Also:
        isLoaded(ForeignKey)

      • referencedKey

        Key referencedKey​(ForeignKey foreignKey)
        Returns the primary key of the entity referenced by the given Attribute, if the reference is null this method returns null.
        Parameters:
        foreignKey - the foreign key for which to retrieve the underlying Key
        Returns:
        the primary key of the underlying entity, null if no entity is referenced

      • isModified

        boolean isModified​(Attribute<?> attribute)
        Returns true if the value associated with the given attribute has been modified since first set, note that this does not apply to attributes based on derived values.
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute
        Returns:
        true if the value associated with the given attribute has been modified

      • isModified

        boolean isModified()
        Returns true if one or more writable attributes have been modified from their initial value, read only and non-updatable attributes are excluded unless they are transient.
        Returns:
        true if one or more attributes have been modified since the entity was initialized

      • isNew

        boolean isNew()
        Returns true if this entity has a null primary key or a null original primary key, which is the best guess about an entity being new, as in, not existing in a database.
        Returns:
        true if this entity has not been persisted

      • clearPrimaryKey

        Entity clearPrimaryKey()
        Clears the primary key values from this entity, current as well as original values if any
        Returns:
        this Entity instance

      • columnValuesEqual

        boolean columnValuesEqual​(Entity entity)
        Compares all column based values in the given entity to the values in this entity instance. Returns true if these two entities contain values for the same columns and all the values are equal.
        Parameters:
        entity - the entity to compare to
        Returns:
        true if all the column based values in this entity instance are present and equal to the values in the given entity
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - in case the entity is not of the same type

      • setAs

        Map<Attribute<?>,​Object> setAs​(Entity entity)
        After a call to this method this Entity contains the same values and original values as the source entity. A null argument to this method clears this entity instance of all values and original values.
        Parameters:
        entity - the entity to copy or null for clearing all values in this instance
        Returns:
        the affected attributes and their previous values, that is, attributes which values changed
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - in case the entity is not of the same type

      • copy

        Entity copy()
        Copies this entity.
        Returns:
        a copy of this entity

      • deepCopy

        Entity deepCopy()
        Copies this entity, with new copied instances of all foreign key value entities.
        Returns:
        a deep copy of this entity

      • castTo

        <T extends Entity> T castTo​(Class<T> entityClass)
        Casts this entity to the given type.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the entity class type
        Parameters:
        entityClass - the entity class to cast to
        Returns:
        a typed entity
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - in case the given class has not been associated with the underlying EntityType.

      • isLoaded

        boolean isLoaded​(ForeignKey foreignKey)
        Returns true if the given foreign key references a non-null entity and that entity instance has been loaded
        Parameters:
        foreignKey - the attribute
        Returns:
        true if the referenced entity has been loaded

      • primaryKey

        Key primaryKey()
        Returns the primary key of this entity. If the entity has no primary key attribute defined, this key contains no values.
        Returns:
        the primary key of this entity

      • originalPrimaryKey

        Key originalPrimaryKey()
        Returns the primary key of this entity, in its original state. If the entity has no primary key attributes defined, this key contains no values.
        Returns:
        the primary key of this entity in its original state

      • entrySet

        Set<Map.Entry<Attribute<?>,​Object>> entrySet()
        Returns an unmodifiable view of the entries in this Entity, note that attributes based on derived values are not included.
        Returns:
        an unmodifiable view of the entries in this Entity

      • originalEntrySet

        Set<Map.Entry<Attribute<?>,​Object>> originalEntrySet()
        Returns:
        an unmodifiable view of the original entries values in this Entity, that is, the original values of attributes that have been modified

      • entity

        static Entity entity​(Key key)
        Parameters:
        key - the key
        Returns:
        an Entity instance based on the given key

      • builder

        static Entity.Builder builder​(Key key)
        Parameters:
        key - the key
        Returns:
        a builder instance based on the given key

      • isKeyModified

        static boolean isKeyModified​(Collection<Entity> entities)
        Checks if any of the primary keys of the given entities is modified
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities to check
        Returns:
        true if any of the given entities has a modified primary key

      • getModified

        static <T extends Entity> List<T> getModified​(Collection<T> entities)
        Returns the entities which have been modified
        Type Parameters:
        T - the entity type
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities
        Returns:
        a List of entities that have been modified
        See Also:
        isModified()

      • getModifiedColumnAttributes

        static Collection<Attribute<?>> getModifiedColumnAttributes​(EntityDefinition definition,
                                                            Entity entity,
                                                            Entity comparison)
        Returns all updatable Attributes which value is missing or the original value differs from the one in the comparison entity, returns an empty Collection if all of entitys original values match the values found in comparison. Note that only eagerly loaded blob values are included in this comparison.
        Parameters:
        definition - the entity definition
        entity - the entity instance to check
        comparison - the entity instance to compare with
        Returns:
        the updatable column attributes which values differ from the ones in the comparison entity
        See Also:
        BlobProperty.isEagerlyLoaded()

      • getPrimaryKeys

        static List<Key> getPrimaryKeys​(Collection<? extends Entity> entities)
        Returns the primary keys of the given entities.
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities
        Returns:
        a List containing the primary keys of the given entities

      • getReferencedKeys

        static Set<Key> getReferencedKeys​(Collection<? extends Entity> entities,
                                  ForeignKey foreignKey)
        Returns the keys referenced by the given foreign key
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities
        foreignKey - the foreign key
        Returns:
        the keys referenced by the given foreign key

      • getOriginalPrimaryKeys

        static Collection<Key> getOriginalPrimaryKeys​(Collection<? extends Entity> entities)
        Returns the primary keys of the given entities with their original values.
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities
        Returns:
        a Collection containing the primary keys of the given entities with their original values

      • getValues

        static <T> Collection<T> getValues​(Collection<Key> keys)
        Retrieves the values of the given keys, assuming they are single column keys.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        keys - the keys
        Returns:
        the attribute values of the given keys

      • get

        static <T> Collection<T> get​(Attribute<T> attribute,
                             Collection<Entity> entities)
        Returns the non-null values associated with the given attribute from the given entities.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute which values to retrieve
        entities - the entities from which to retrieve the attribute value
        Returns:
        the non-null values of the given attribute from the given entities.

      • getIncludingNull

        static <T> Collection<T> getIncludingNull​(Attribute<T> attribute,
                                          Collection<Entity> entities)
        Returns the values associated with the given attribute from the given entities.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute which values to retrieve
        entities - the entities from which to retrieve the attribute value
        Returns:
        the values of the given attributes from the given entities, including null values.

      • getDistinct

        static <T> Collection<T> getDistinct​(Attribute<T> attribute,
                                     Collection<Entity> entities)
        Returns the distinct non-null values of attribute from the given entities.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute which values to retrieve
        entities - the entities from which to retrieve the values
        Returns:
        the distinct non-null values of the given attribute from the given entities.

      • getDistinctIncludingNull

        static <T> Collection<T> getDistinctIncludingNull​(Attribute<T> attribute,
                                                  Collection<Entity> entities)
        Returns the distinct values of attribute from the given entities, including null.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute which values to retrieve
        entities - the entities from which to retrieve the values
        Returns:
        the distinct values of the given attribute from the given entities, may contain null.

      • put

        static <T> Map<Key,​T> put​(Attribute<T> attribute,
                                T value,
                                Collection<Entity> entities)
        Sets the value of the given attribute to the given value in the given entities
        Type Parameters:
        T - the value type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute for which to set the value
        value - the value
        entities - the entities for which to set the value
        Returns:
        the previous attribute values mapped to the primary key of the entity

      • put

        static void put​(Entity destination,
                Entity source)
        Puts all the values from the source entity into the destination entity.
        Parameters:
        destination - the destination
        source - the source
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - in case the entities are not of the same type

      • deepCopy

        static List<Entity> deepCopy​(List<? extends Entity> entities)
        Deep copies the given entities, with new copied instances of all foreign key value entities.
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities to copy
        Returns:
        a deep copy of the given entities

      • copy

        static List<Entity> copy​(List<? extends Entity> entities)
        Copies the given entities.
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities to copy
        Returns:
        copies of the given entities, in the same order as they are received

      • castTo

        static <T extends Entity> List<T> castTo​(Class<T> entityClass,
                                         List<Entity> entities)
        Casts the given entities to the given type.
        Type Parameters:
        T - the entity class type
        Parameters:
        entityClass - the entity class to cast to
        entities - the entities
        Returns:
        typed entities
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - in case any of the entities is not of the given entity type

      • mapToPrimaryKey

        static Map<Key,​Entity> mapToPrimaryKey​(Collection<Entity> entities)
        Maps the given entities to their primary key
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities to map
        Returns:
        the mapped entities

      • mapToValue

        static <T> LinkedHashMap<T,​List<Entity>> mapToValue​(Attribute<T> attribute,
                                                          Collection<Entity> entities)
        Returns a LinkedHashMap containing the given entities mapped to the value of attribute, respecting the iteration order of the given collection
        Type Parameters:
        T - the key type
        Parameters:
        attribute - the attribute which value should be used for mapping
        entities - the entities to map by attribute value
        Returns:
        a Map of entities mapped to attribute value

      • mapToType

        static LinkedHashMap<EntityType,​List<Entity>> mapToType​(Collection<? extends Entity> entities)
        Returns a LinkedHashMap containing the given entities mapped to their entityTypes, respecting the iteration order of the given collection
        Parameters:
        entities - the entities to map by entityType
        Returns:
        a Map of entities mapped to entityType

      • mapKeysToType

        static LinkedHashMap<EntityType,​List<Key>> mapKeysToType​(Collection<Key> keys)
        Returns a LinkedHashMap containing the given entity keys mapped to their entityTypes, respecting the iteration order of the given collection
        Parameters:
        keys - the entity keys to map by entityType
        Returns:
        a Map of entity keys mapped to entityType

      • getStringValueList

        static List<List<String>> getStringValueList​(List<Attribute<?>> attributes,
                                             List<Entity> entities)
        Creates a two-dimensional list containing the values of the given attributes for the given entities in string format.
        Parameters:
        attributes - the attributes
        entities - the entities
        Returns:
        the values of the given attributes from the given entities in a two-dimensional list

      • getByValue

        static Collection<Entity> getByValue​(Map<Attribute<?>,​Object> values,
                                     Collection<Entity> entities)
        Finds entities according to attribute values
        Parameters:
        values - the attribute values to use as condition mapped to their respective attributes
        entities - the entities to search
        Returns:
        the entities having the exact same attribute values as in the given value map

      • valuesEqual

        static boolean valuesEqual​(Entity entityOne,
                           Entity entityTwo)
        Returns true if all attribute values are equal in the given entities.
        Parameters:
        entityOne - the first entity
        entityTwo - the second entity
        Returns:
        true if the values of the given attributes are equal in the given entities

      • valuesEqual

        static boolean valuesEqual​(Entity entityOne,
                           Entity entityTwo,
                           Attribute<?>... attributes)
        Returns true if the values of the given attributes are equal in the given entities.
        Parameters:
        entityOne - the first entity
        entityTwo - the second entity
        attributes - the attributes which values to compare
        Returns:
        true if the values of the given attributes are equal in the given entities

      • isValueMissingOrModified

        static <T> boolean isValueMissingOrModified​(Entity entity,
                                            Entity comparison,
                                            Attribute<T> attribute)
        Type Parameters:
        T - the attribute type
        Parameters:
        entity - the entity instance to check
        comparison - the entity instance to compare with
        attribute - the attribute to check
        Returns:
        true if the value is missing or the original value differs from the one in the comparison entity