com.vaadin.data
Interface Buffered

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

BufferedValidatable, Field<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractField, AbstractSelect, AbstractTextField, CheckBox, ComboBox, CustomField, DateField, Form, InlineDateField, ListSelect, NativeSelect, OptionGroup, PasswordField, PopupDateField, ProgressIndicator, RichTextArea, Select, Slider, Table, TextArea, TextField, Tree, TreeTable, TwinColSelect

public interface Buffered
extends java.io.Serializable

Defines the interface to commit and discard changes to an object, supporting read-through and write-through modes.

Read-through mode means that the value read from the buffered object is constantly up to date with the data source. Write-through mode means that all changes to the object are immediately updated to the data source.

Since these modes are independent, their combinations may result in some behaviour that may sound surprising.

For example, if a Buffered object is in read-through mode but not in write-through mode, the result is an object whose value is updated directly from the data source only if it's not locally modified. If the value is locally modified, retrieving the value from the object would result in a value that is different than the one stored in the data source, even though the object is in read-through mode.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd.

Nested Class Summary

static class

Buffered.SourceException An exception that signals that one or more exceptions occurred while a buffered object tried to access its data source or if there is a problem in processing a data source.

Method Summary

void	commit() Updates all changes since the previous commit to the data source.
void	discard() Discards all changes since last commit.
boolean	isBuffered() Checks the buffered mode of this Object.
boolean	isModified() Tests if the value stored in the object has been modified since it was last updated from the data source.
void	setBuffered(boolean buffered) Sets the object's buffered mode to the specified status.

Method Detail

commit

void commit()
            throws Buffered.SourceException,
                   Validator.InvalidValueException

Updates all changes since the previous commit to the data source. The value stored in the object will always be updated into the data source when commit is called.

Throws:

Buffered.SourceException - if the operation fails because of an exception is thrown by the data source. The cause is included in the exception.

Validator.InvalidValueException - if the operation fails because validation is enabled and the values do not validate

discard

void discard()
             throws Buffered.SourceException

Discards all changes since last commit. The object updates its value from the data source.

Throws:

Buffered.SourceException - if the operation fails because of an exception is thrown by the data source. The cause is included in the exception.

setBuffered

void setBuffered(boolean buffered)

Sets the object's buffered mode to the specified status.

When the object is in buffered mode, an internal buffer will be used to store changes until commit() is called. Calling discard() will revert the internal buffer to the value of the data source.

This is an easier way to use #setReadThrough(boolean) and #setWriteThrough(boolean) and not as error prone. Changing buffered mode will change both the read through and write through state of the object.

Mixing calls to setBuffered(boolean)/isBuffered() and #setReadThrough(boolean)/#isReadThrough() or #setWriteThrough(boolean)/#isWriteThrough() is generally a bad idea.

Parameters:

buffered - true if buffered mode should be turned on, false otherwise

Since:

7.0

isBuffered

boolean isBuffered()

Checks the buffered mode of this Object.

This method only returns true if both read and write buffering is used.

Returns:

true if buffered mode is on, false otherwise

Since:

7.0

isModified

boolean isModified()

Tests if the value stored in the object has been modified since it was last updated from the data source.

Returns:

true if the value in the object has been modified since the last data source update, false if not.