com.speedment.runtime.core.component

Interface EntityManager

public interface EntityManager

An Entity Manager is be used to handle persistence for any Entity. This Component provides an interface similar to JPA but is not used for any other purpose. Thus, it acts as a delegator.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Per Minborg

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<ENTITY> void	persist(ENTITY entity) Persists the given Entity and returns a new Optional<Entity> that was the result of the persistence, or Optional.empty() if the method failed.
<ENTITY> void	remove(ENTITY entity) Updates the given Entity and returns a new Optional<Entity> that was the result of the update, or Optional.empty() if the method failed.
<ENTITY> void	update(ENTITY entity) Updates the given Entity and returns a new Optional<Entity> that was the result of the update, or Optional.empty() if the method failed.

Method Detail

persist

<ENTITY> void persist(ENTITY entity)
               throws SpeedmentException

Persists the given Entity and returns a new Optional<Entity> that was the result of the persistence, or Optional.empty() if the method failed.

Type Parameters:

ENTITY - the type of the Entity

Parameters:

entity - to persist

Throws:

SpeedmentException

update

<ENTITY> void update(ENTITY entity)
              throws SpeedmentException

Updates the given Entity and returns a new Optional<Entity> that was the result of the update, or Optional.empty() if the method failed.

Type Parameters:

ENTITY - the type of the Entity

Parameters:

entity - to update

Throws:

SpeedmentException

remove

<ENTITY> void remove(ENTITY entity)
              throws SpeedmentException

Updates the given Entity and returns a new Optional<Entity> that was the result of the update, or Optional.empty() if the method failed.

Type Parameters:

ENTITY - the type of the Entity

Parameters:

entity - to remove

Throws:

SpeedmentException