io.ebean

Interface BeanState

public interface BeanState

Provides access to the internal state of an entity bean.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<String>	getChangedProps() Return the set of changed properties.
Map<String,ValuePair>	getDirtyValues() Return a map of the updated properties and their new and old values.
Set<String>	getLoadedProps() For partially populated beans returns the properties that are loaded on the bean.
Map<String,Exception>	getLoadErrors() Returns a map with load erros.
boolean	isDirty() Return true if the bean has been changed but not yet saved.
boolean	isDisableLazyLoad() Return true if the bean has lazy loading disabled.
boolean	isNew() Return true if the bean is new (and not yet saved).
boolean	isNewOrDirty() Return true if the bean is new or dirty (and probably needs to be saved).
boolean	isReadOnly() Return true if the bean is readOnly.
boolean	isReference() Return true if this is a lazy loading reference bean.
void	resetForInsert() Reset the bean putting it into NEW state such that a save() results in an insert.
void	setDisableLazyLoad(boolean disableLazyLoading) This can be called with true to disable lazy loading on the bean.
void	setLoaded() Advanced - Used to programmatically build a partially or fully loaded entity bean.
void	setPropertyLoaded(String propertyName, boolean loaded) Set the loaded state of the property given it's name.
void	setReadOnly(boolean readOnly) Set the readOnly status for the bean.

Method Detail

isReference

boolean isReference()

Return true if this is a lazy loading reference bean.

If so the this bean only holds the Id property and will invoke lazy loading if any other property is get or set.

isNew

boolean isNew()

Return true if the bean is new (and not yet saved).

isNewOrDirty

boolean isNewOrDirty()

Return true if the bean is new or dirty (and probably needs to be saved).

isDirty

boolean isDirty()

Return true if the bean has been changed but not yet saved.

setDisableLazyLoad

void setDisableLazyLoad(boolean disableLazyLoading)

This can be called with true to disable lazy loading on the bean.

isDisableLazyLoad

boolean isDisableLazyLoad()

Return true if the bean has lazy loading disabled.

setPropertyLoaded

void setPropertyLoaded(String propertyName,
                       boolean loaded)

Set the loaded state of the property given it's name.

Typically this would be used to set the loaded state of a property to false to ensure that the specific property is excluded from a stateless update.

  // populate a bean via say JSON
  User user = ...;

  // set loaded state on the email property to false so that
  // the email property is not included in a stateless update
  Ebean.getBeanState(user).setPropertyLoaded("email", false);

  user.update();

This will throw an IllegalArgumentException if the property is unknown.

getLoadedProps

Set<String> getLoadedProps()

For partially populated beans returns the properties that are loaded on the bean.

Accessing another property will cause lazy loading to occur.

getChangedProps

Set<String> getChangedProps()

Return the set of changed properties.

getDirtyValues

Map<String,ValuePair> getDirtyValues()

Return a map of the updated properties and their new and old values.

isReadOnly

boolean isReadOnly()

Return true if the bean is readOnly.

If a setter is called on a readOnly bean it will throw an exception.

setReadOnly

void setReadOnly(boolean readOnly)

Set the readOnly status for the bean.

setLoaded

void setLoaded()

Advanced - Used to programmatically build a partially or fully loaded entity bean. First create an entity bean via Database.createEntityBean(Class), then populate its properties and then call this method specifying which properties where loaded or null for a fully loaded entity bean.

resetForInsert

void resetForInsert()

Reset the bean putting it into NEW state such that a save() results in an insert.

getLoadErrors

@Nullable
Map<String,Exception> getLoadErrors()

Returns a map with load erros.