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Interface Esi4JEntityResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

HibernateEntityResolver

public interface Esi4JEntityResolver

replaces objects with placeholders (e.g. for serialization) and resolves them for indexing. For deletions, an

See Also:

QueuedTaskExecutor

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Esi4JEntityResolver.ObjectKey an identifier consisting of a type, a Serializable id and optionally a version

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	replaceEntity(Object entity)
Object	resolveEntity(Object replacedEntity)
Esi4JEntityResolver.ObjectKey	toObjectKey(Object entity)

Method Detail

toObjectKey

Esi4JEntityResolver.ObjectKey toObjectKey(Object entity)

Returns:

a new Esi4JEntityResolver.ObjectKey for this entity

replaceEntity

Object replaceEntity(Object entity)

Returns:

a resolveable placeholder for this entity. Might be a new Esi4JEntityResolver.ObjectKey

resolveEntity

Object resolveEntity(Object replacedEntity)

Returns:

the replaced entity, the given entity if not replaced or null if entity cannot be resolved