net.sf.mmm.util.entity.api

Interface Entity

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

GenericEntity<ID>, MutableGenericEntity<ID>, MutableRevisionedEntity<ID>, PersistenceEntity<ID>, RevisionedEntity<ID>, SearchCriteria, TransferObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGenericEntity, AbstractRevisionedEntity, AbstractSearchCriteria, AbstractTransferObject, CompositeTo, DataTo, EntityTo

public interface Entity
extends Serializable

This is the interface for an entity or business object. It is typically a GenericEntity or a TransferObject (or both).

Since:

3.1.0

Author:

Joerg Hohwiller (hohwille at users.sourceforge.net)