Interface EntityEditor.PersistTask

Enclosing interface:
EntityEditor<M extends EntityModel<M,E,T,R>,E extends EntityEditModel<M,E,T,R>,T extends EntityTableModel<M,E,T,R>,R extends EntityEditor<M,E,T,R>>

public static interface EntityEditor.PersistTask
Represents a task for persisting entities, inserting, updating or deleting, split up for use with a background thread.
   PersistTask insert = editor.insert().build();

   PersistTask.Task task = insert.prepare();

   // Can safely be called in a background thread
   PersistTask.Result result = task.perform();

   Collection<Entity> insertedEntities = result.handle();
EntityEditor.PersistTask.Task.perform() may be called on a background thread while prepare() and EntityEditor.PersistTask.Result.handle() must be called on the UI thread.
  • Method Details

    • prepare

      Notifies listeners that an operation is about to be performed. Must be called on the UI thread if this model has a panel based on it.
      Returns:
      the task