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 class`	`Entity.Static`
`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 XGettingList<Entity>`	`layers(Entity entity)`
`static <E> E`	`searchLayer(Entity entity, Class<E> type)`
`static <E extends Entity> boolean`	`updateData(E entity, E data)`
`default void`	`validateIdentity(Entity newData)`