package io.ebean;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

Provides access to the internal state of an entity bean.
/** * Provides access to the internal state of an entity bean. */
public interface BeanState {
Return true if this is a lazy loading reference bean.

If so the this bean only holds the Id property and will invoke lazy loading if any other property is get or set.

/** * Return true if this is a lazy loading reference bean. * <p> * If so the this bean only holds the Id property and will invoke lazy loading * if any other property is get or set. * </p> */
boolean isReference();
Return true if the bean is new (and not yet saved).
/** * Return true if the bean is new (and not yet saved). */
boolean isNew();
Return true if the bean is new or dirty (and probably needs to be saved).
/** * Return true if the bean is new or dirty (and probably needs to be saved). */
boolean isNewOrDirty();
Return true if the bean has been changed but not yet saved.
/** * Return true if the bean has been changed but not yet saved. */
boolean isDirty();
This can be called with true to disable lazy loading on the bean.
/** * This can be called with true to disable lazy loading on the bean. */
void setDisableLazyLoad(boolean disableLazyLoading);
Return true if the bean has lazy loading disabled.
/** * Return true if the bean has lazy loading disabled. */
boolean isDisableLazyLoad();
Set the loaded state of the property given it's name.

Typically this would be used to set the loaded state of a property to false to ensure that the specific property is excluded from a stateless update.


  // populate a bean via say JSON
  User user = ...;
  // set loaded state on the email property to false so that
  // the email property is not included in a stateless update
  DB.getBeanState(user).setPropertyLoaded("email", false);
  user.update();

This will throw an IllegalArgumentException if the property is unknown.

/** * Set the loaded state of the property given it's name. * <p> * Typically this would be used to set the loaded state of a property * to false to ensure that the specific property is excluded from a * stateless update. * </p> * <pre>{@code * * // populate a bean via say JSON * User user = ...; * * // set loaded state on the email property to false so that * // the email property is not included in a stateless update * DB.getBeanState(user).setPropertyLoaded("email", false); * * user.update(); * * }</pre> * <p> * This will throw an IllegalArgumentException if the property is unknown. */
void setPropertyLoaded(String propertyName, boolean loaded);
For partially populated beans returns the properties that are loaded on the bean.

Accessing another property will cause lazy loading to occur.

/** * For partially populated beans returns the properties that are loaded on the * bean. * <p> * Accessing another property will cause lazy loading to occur. * </p> */
Set<String> getLoadedProps();
Return the set of changed properties.
/** * Return the set of changed properties. */
Set<String> getChangedProps();
Return a map of the updated properties and their new and old values.
/** * Return a map of the updated properties and their new and old values. */
Map<String, ValuePair> getDirtyValues();
Return true if the bean is readOnly.

If a setter is called on a readOnly bean it will throw an exception.

/** * Return true if the bean is readOnly. * <p> * If a setter is called on a readOnly bean it will throw an exception. * </p> */
boolean isReadOnly();
Set the readOnly status for the bean.
/** * Set the readOnly status for the bean. */
void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly);
Advanced - Used to programmatically build a partially or fully loaded entity bean. First create an entity bean via Database.createEntityBean(Class<Object>), then populate its properties and then call this method specifying which properties where loaded or null for a fully loaded entity bean.
/** * Advanced - Used to programmatically build a partially or fully loaded * entity bean. First create an entity bean via * {@link Database#createEntityBean(Class)}, then populate its properties * and then call this method specifying which properties where loaded or null * for a fully loaded entity bean. */
void setLoaded();
Reset the bean putting it into NEW state such that a save() results in an insert.
/** * Reset the bean putting it into NEW state such that a save() results in an insert. */
void resetForInsert();
Returns a map with load erros.
/** * Returns a map with load erros. */
@Nullable Map<String, Exception> getLoadErrors(); }