one.microstream.entity

Interface Entity

All Known Subinterfaces:

Entity.Accessible, ImmutableEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:

Entity.AbstractAccessible, EntityData, EntityLayer, EntityLayerIdentity, EntityLayerLogging, EntityLayerVersioning

public interface Entity

A mutable entity. Mutations of the entity's data only happen by providing another instance of that entity that contains the desired new data. , FH

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	Entity.AbstractAccessible Primary means to convenience-hide framework-internal methods from the user entity's public API
static interface	Entity.Accessible Fallback means to convenience-hide framework-internal methods from the user entity's public API for classes that cannot extend Entity.AbstractAccessible for whatever reason
static interface	Entity.Creator<E extends Entity,C extends Entity.Creator<E,C>>
static class	Entity.Static
static interface	Entity.Updater<E extends Entity,U extends Entity.Updater<E,U>>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <E extends Entity> E	data(E instance)
static <E extends Entity> E	identity(E instance)
default boolean	isSameIdentity(Entity other)
static XGettingList<Entity>	layers(Entity entity)
static <E> E	searchLayer(Entity entity, Class<E> type)
static <E extends Entity> boolean	updateData(E entity, E data)
default void	validateIdentity(Entity newData)

Method Detail

identity

static <E extends Entity> E identity(E instance)

data

static <E extends Entity> E data(E instance)

updateData

static <E extends Entity> boolean updateData(E entity,
                                             E data)

searchLayer

static <E> E searchLayer(Entity entity,
                         Class<E> type)

layers

static XGettingList<Entity> layers(Entity entity)

isSameIdentity

default boolean isSameIdentity(Entity other)

validateIdentity

default void validateIdentity(Entity newData)