net.sf.mmm.util.entity.api

Interface MutableGenericEntity<ID>

Type Parameters:

ID - is the type of the primary key.

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeReadId<ID>, Entity, GenericEntity<ID>, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableRevisionedEntity<ID>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractGenericEntity, AbstractRevisionedEntity, EntityTo

public interface MutableGenericEntity<ID>
extends GenericEntity<ID>

This is the interface for a mutable GenericEntity adding setter methods.

Since:

3.1.0

Author:

hohwille

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	setId(ID id) This method sets the ID of this entity.
void	setModificationCounter(int version) This method sets the modification counter of this entity.

Methods inherited from interface net.sf.mmm.util.entity.api.GenericEntity

getId, getModificationCounter

Method Detail

setId

void setId(ID id)

This method sets the ID of this entity.
ATTENTION:
This operation should only be used in specific cases and if you are aware of what you are doing. Typically the ID is a GeneratedValue and therefore managed by the persistence. However, for final freedom we decided to add this method to the API (e.g. to copy from transfer-object to persistent-entity and vice-versa).

Parameters:

id - is the new value of GenericEntity.getId().

setModificationCounter

void setModificationCounter(int version)

This method sets the modification counter of this entity.
ATTENTION:
This operation should only be used in specific cases and if you are aware of what you are doing as this attribute is managed by the persistence. However, for final freedom we decided to add this method to the API (e.g. to copy from transfer-object to persistent-entity and vice-versa).

Parameters:

version - is the new value of GenericEntity.getModificationCounter().