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package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.support;
import javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.JpaEntityMetadata;
import org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityInformation;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
Extension of EntityInformation
to capture additional JPA specific information about entities. Author: Oliver Gierke, Thomas Darimont, Mark Paluch
/**
* Extension of {@link EntityInformation} to capture additional JPA specific information about entities.
*
* @author Oliver Gierke
* @author Thomas Darimont
* @author Mark Paluch
*/
public interface JpaEntityInformation<T, ID> extends EntityInformation<T, ID>, JpaEntityMetadata<T> {
Returns the id attribute of the entity.
Returns:
/**
* Returns the id attribute of the entity.
*
* @return
*/
@Nullable
SingularAttribute<? super T, ?> getIdAttribute();
Returns the required identifier type.
Throws: - IllegalArgumentException – in case no id type could be obtained.
Returns: the identifier type. Since: 2.0
/**
* Returns the required identifier type.
*
* @return the identifier type.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException in case no id type could be obtained.
* @since 2.0
*/
default SingularAttribute<? super T, ?> getRequiredIdAttribute() throws IllegalArgumentException {
SingularAttribute<? super T, ?> id = getIdAttribute();
if (id != null) {
return id;
}
throw new IllegalArgumentException(
String.format("Could not obtain required identifier attribute for type %s!", getEntityName()));
}
Returns true if the entity has a composite id. Returns:
/**
* Returns {@literal true} if the entity has a composite id.
*
* @return
*/
boolean hasCompositeId();
Returns the attribute names of the id attributes. If the entity has a composite id, then all id attribute names are
returned. If the entity has a single id attribute then this single attribute name is returned.
Returns:
/**
* Returns the attribute names of the id attributes. If the entity has a composite id, then all id attribute names are
* returned. If the entity has a single id attribute then this single attribute name is returned.
*
* @return
*/
Iterable<String> getIdAttributeNames();
Extracts the value for the given id attribute from a composite id
Params: - id –
- idAttribute –
Returns:
/**
* Extracts the value for the given id attribute from a composite id
*
* @param id
* @param idAttribute
* @return
*/
@Nullable
Object getCompositeIdAttributeValue(Object id, String idAttribute);
}