Package one.microstream.entity

Interface Entity

All Known Subinterfaces:

Entity.Accessible, ImmutableEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:

Entity.AbstractAccessible, EntityData, EntityLayer, EntityLayerIdentity, EntityLayerLogging, EntityLayerVersioning

public interface Entity

A mutable entity. Mutations of the entity's data only happen by providing another instance of that entity that contains the desired new data.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static class	Entity.AbstractAccessible	Primary means to convenience-hide framework-internal methods from the user entity's public API
static interface	Entity.Accessible	Fallback means to convenience-hide framework-internal methods from the user entity's public API for classes that cannot extend Entity.AbstractAccessible for whatever reason
static interface	Entity.Creator<E extends Entity,C extends Entity.Creator<E,C>>
static interface	Entity.Updater<E extends Entity,U extends Entity.Updater<E,U>>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <E extends Entity> E	data(E instance)
static <E extends Entity> E	identity(E instance)
default boolean	isSameIdentity(Entity other)
static <E extends Entity> boolean	updateData(E entity, E data)
default void	validateIdentity(Entity newData)

Method Detail

identity

static <E extends Entity> E identity(E instance)

data

static <E extends Entity> E data(E instance)

updateData

static <E extends Entity> boolean updateData(E entity,
                                             E data)

isSameIdentity

default boolean isSameIdentity(Entity other)

validateIdentity

default void validateIdentity(Entity newData)