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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:
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); }