Package com.foreach.across.modules.entity.registry

Interface EntityAssociation

All Superinterfaces:

EntityViewRegistry, com.foreach.across.core.support.ReadableAttributes

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableEntityAssociation

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityAssociationImpl

public interface EntityAssociation
extends com.foreach.across.core.support.ReadableAttributes, EntityViewRegistry

Filtered view on an association between two EntityConfigurations.

Author:

Arne Vandamme

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static enum	EntityAssociation.ParentDeleteMode	When the parent entity is requesting to be deleted, how should this association influence the delete process?
static enum	EntityAssociation.Type	Determines if this entity is managed as a sub-entity of the parent (embedded), or simply a linked entity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EntityAssociation.Type	getAssociationType()
Class<?>	getEntityType()
String	getName()
EntityAssociation.ParentDeleteMode	getParentDeleteMode()
EntityConfiguration	getSourceEntityConfiguration()
EntityPropertyDescriptor	getSourceProperty()
EntityConfiguration	getTargetEntityConfiguration()
EntityPropertyDescriptor	getTargetProperty()
boolean	isHidden()

Methods inherited from interface com.foreach.across.modules.entity.registry.EntityViewRegistry

getViewFactory, getViewNames, hasView

Methods inherited from interface com.foreach.across.core.support.ReadableAttributes

attributeMap, attributeNames, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttribute, hasAttribute, hasAttribute

Method Details

getName

String getName()

getEntityType

Class<?> getEntityType()

getAssociationType

EntityAssociation.Type getAssociationType()

Returns:

type of association

isHidden

boolean isHidden()

Returns:

True if the association should be hidden from administrative UI implementations.

getSourceEntityConfiguration

EntityConfiguration getSourceEntityConfiguration()

getSourceProperty

EntityPropertyDescriptor getSourceProperty()

getTargetEntityConfiguration

EntityConfiguration getTargetEntityConfiguration()

getTargetProperty

EntityPropertyDescriptor getTargetProperty()

getParentDeleteMode

EntityAssociation.ParentDeleteMode getParentDeleteMode()

Returns:

behaviour in case the parent entity will be deleted but associated entities still exist