Package org.hibernate.search.engine.backend.common.spi

Interface EntityReferenceFactory<R>

public interface EntityReferenceFactory<R>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static EntityReferenceFactory<String>	asString()
R	createEntityReference(String typeName, Object identifier)
static <R> R	safeCreateEntityReference(EntityReferenceFactory<R> factory, String typeName, Object identifier, Consumer<Exception> exceptionSink)

Method Details

createEntityReference

R createEntityReference(String typeName,
 Object identifier)

Parameters:

typeName - The name of the entity type.

identifier - The identifier of the entity.

Returns:

A reference to the entity.

Throws:

RuntimeException - If something goes wrong (exception while rendering an identifier, ...)

safeCreateEntityReference

static <R> R safeCreateEntityReference(EntityReferenceFactory<R> factory,
 String typeName,
 Object identifier,
 Consumer<Exception> exceptionSink)

Type Parameters:

R - The type of entity reference.

Parameters:

factory - The factory for entity references.

typeName - The name of the entity type.

identifier - The identifier of the entity.

exceptionSink - A sink for exceptions thrown during the execution of this method. Any exception thrown while creating the entity reference should be put into that sink and should not be propagated.

Returns:

A reference to the entity, or null if an exception was thrown while creating the entity reference.

asString

static EntityReferenceFactory<String> asString()