org.springframework.data.mapping.model
Interface MappingContext

All Superinterfaces:

InitializingBean

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicMappingContext

public interface MappingContext
extends InitializingBean

This interface defines the overall context including all known PersistentEntity instances and methods to obtain instances on demand

This interface is used internally to establish associations between entities and also at runtime to obtain entities by name

The generic type parameters T & R are used to specify the mapped form of a class (example Table) and property (example Column) respectively.

Author:

Graeme Rocher, Jon Brisbin, Oliver Gierke

Method Summary

<T> PersistentEntity<T>	addPersistentEntity(Class<T> type) Adds a PersistentEntity instance
List<Validator>	getEntityValidators(PersistentEntity<?> entity) Obtains a validator for the given entity
Collection<? extends PersistentEntity<?>>	getPersistentEntities() Obtains a list of PersistentEntity instances
<T> PersistentEntity<T>	getPersistentEntity(Class<T> type)
<T> PersistentEntity<T>	getPersistentEntity(TypeInformation type)
boolean	isPersistentEntity(Object value) Returns whether the specified value is a persistent entity

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

afterPropertiesSet

Method Detail

addPersistentEntity

<T> PersistentEntity<T> addPersistentEntity(Class<T> type)

Adds a PersistentEntity instance

Parameters:

type - The Java class representing the entity

Returns:

The PersistentEntity instance

getPersistentEntities

Collection<? extends PersistentEntity<?>> getPersistentEntities()

Obtains a list of PersistentEntity instances

Returns:

A list of PersistentEntity instances

getPersistentEntity

<T> PersistentEntity<T> getPersistentEntity(Class<T> type)

getPersistentEntity

<T> PersistentEntity<T> getPersistentEntity(TypeInformation type)

getEntityValidators

List<Validator> getEntityValidators(PersistentEntity<?> entity)

Obtains a validator for the given entity

Parameters:

entity - The entity

Returns:

A validator or null if none exists for the given entity

isPersistentEntity

boolean isPersistentEntity(Object value)

Returns whether the specified value is a persistent entity

Parameters:

value - The value to check

Returns:

True if it is