Package org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.changetracking

Interface ObjectChangePolicy

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeChangeTrackingPolicy, DeferredChangeDetectionPolicy, ObjectChangeTrackingPolicy

public interface ObjectChangePolicy
extends Serializable

INTERNAL: Implementers of ObjectChangePolicy implement the code which computes changes sets for the UnitOfWork commit process. An ObjectChangePolicy is stored on an Object's descriptor.

Author:

Tom Ware

See Also:

DeferredChangeDetectionPolicy, ObjectChangeTrackingPolicy, AttributeChangeTrackingPolicy

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	buildBackupClone(Object clone, ObjectBuilder builder, UnitOfWorkImpl uow)	INTERNAL: Build back up clone.
ObjectChangeSet	calculateChanges(Object clone, Object backupClone, boolean isNew, UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean shouldRaiseEvent)	INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.
ObjectChangeSet	calculateChangesForExistingObject(Object clone, UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean shouldRaiseEvent)	INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.
ObjectChangeSet	calculateChangesForNewObject(Object clone, UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean shouldRaiseEvent)	INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for a new object.
void	clearChanges(Object object, UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean forRefresh)	INTERNAL: This is a place holder for reseting the listener on one of the subclasses
ObjectChangeSet	createObjectChangeSetThroughComparison(Object clone, Object backUp, UnitOfWorkChangeSet changeSet, boolean isNew, AbstractSession session, ClassDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL: Create ObjectChangeSet through comparison.
void	dissableEventProcessing(Object changeTracker)	INTERNAL: This method is used to disable changetracking temporarily
void	enableEventProcessing(Object changeTracker)	INTERNAL: This method is used to enable changetracking temporarily
void	initialize(AbstractSession session, ClassDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL: initialize the Policy
boolean	isAttributeChangeTrackingPolicy()	Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check
boolean	isDeferredChangeDetectionPolicy()	Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check
boolean	isObjectChangeTrackingPolicy()	Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check
void	raiseInternalPropertyChangeEvent(Object source, String propertyName, Object oldValue, Object newValue)	INTERNAL: This may cause a property change event to be raised to a listener in the case that a listener exists.
void	revertChanges(Object clone, ClassDescriptor descriptor, UnitOfWorkImpl uow, Map cloneMapping, boolean forRefresh)	INTERNAL: This method is used to revert an object within the unit of work
void	setAggregateChangeListener(Object parent, Object aggregate, UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor, String mappingAttribute)	INTERNAL: Assign Changelistener to an aggregate object
PropertyChangeListener	setChangeListener(Object clone, UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL: Assign appropriate ChangeListener to PropertyChangeListener based on the policy.
void	setChangeSetOnListener(ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet, Object clone)	INTERNAL: Set the ObjectChangeSet on the Listener, initially used for aggregate support
boolean	shouldCompareExistingObjectForChange(Object object, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL: Return true if the Object should be compared, false otherwise.
void	updateListenerForSelfMerge(ObjectChangeListener listener, ForeignReferenceMapping mapping, Object source, Object target, UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)	INTERNAL: In cases where a relationship with detached or new entities is merged into itself previous changes may have been recorded for the detached/new entity that need to be updated.
void	updateWithChanges(Object clone, ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet, UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor)	INTERNAL: This method is used internally to rest the policies back to original state This is used when the clones are to be reused.

Method Detail

calculateChangesForNewObject

ObjectChangeSet calculateChangesForNewObject(Object clone,
                                             UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes,
                                             UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                             ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                             boolean shouldRaiseEvent)

INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for a new object.

Parameters:

clone - the Object to compute a change set for

changes - the change set to add changes to

unitOfWork - the current session

descriptor - the descriptor for this object

shouldRaiseEvent - indicates whether PreUpdate event should be risen (usually true)

Returns:

ObjectChangeSet an object change set describing the changes to this object

calculateChangesForExistingObject

ObjectChangeSet calculateChangesForExistingObject(Object clone,
                                                  UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes,
                                                  UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                                  ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                                  boolean shouldRaiseEvent)

INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.

Parameters:

clone - the Object to compute a change set for

changes - the change set to add changes to

unitOfWork - the current session

descriptor - the descriptor for this object

shouldRaiseEvent - indicates whether PreUpdate event should be risen (usually true)

Returns:

ObjectChangeSet an object change set describing the changes to this object

calculateChanges

ObjectChangeSet calculateChanges(Object clone,
                                 Object backupClone,
                                 boolean isNew,
                                 UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes,
                                 UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                 ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                 boolean shouldRaiseEvent)

INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.

Parameters:

clone - the object to compute a change set for

backupClone - the object used to compute changes from

isNew - determines if the object is new

changes - the change set to add changes to

unitOfWork - the current session

descriptor - the descriptor for this object

shouldRaiseEvent - indicates whether PreUpdate event should be risen (usually true)

Returns:

ObjectChangeSet an object change set describing the changes to this object

createObjectChangeSetThroughComparison

ObjectChangeSet createObjectChangeSetThroughComparison(Object clone,
                                                       Object backUp,
                                                       UnitOfWorkChangeSet changeSet,
                                                       boolean isNew,
                                                       AbstractSession session,
                                                       ClassDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: Create ObjectChangeSet through comparison. Used in cases where we need to force change calculation (ie aggregates)

updateListenerForSelfMerge

void updateListenerForSelfMerge(ObjectChangeListener listener,
                                ForeignReferenceMapping mapping,
                                Object source,
                                Object target,
                                UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork)

INTERNAL: In cases where a relationship with detached or new entities is merged into itself previous changes may have been recorded for the detached/new entity that need to be updated.

dissableEventProcessing

void dissableEventProcessing(Object changeTracker)

INTERNAL: This method is used to disable changetracking temporarily

enableEventProcessing

void enableEventProcessing(Object changeTracker)

INTERNAL: This method is used to enable changetracking temporarily

raiseInternalPropertyChangeEvent

void raiseInternalPropertyChangeEvent(Object source,
                                      String propertyName,
                                      Object oldValue,
                                      Object newValue)

INTERNAL: This may cause a property change event to be raised to a listener in the case that a listener exists. If there is no listener then this call is a no-op

revertChanges

void revertChanges(Object clone,
                   ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                   UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                   Map cloneMapping,
                   boolean forRefresh)

INTERNAL: This method is used to revert an object within the unit of work

clearChanges

void clearChanges(Object object,
                  UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                  ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                  boolean forRefresh)

INTERNAL: This is a place holder for reseting the listener on one of the subclasses

updateWithChanges

void updateWithChanges(Object clone,
                       ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet,
                       UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                       ClassDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: This method is used internally to rest the policies back to original state This is used when the clones are to be reused.

shouldCompareExistingObjectForChange

boolean shouldCompareExistingObjectForChange(Object object,
                                             UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                             ClassDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: Return true if the Object should be compared, false otherwise. This method is implemented to allow run time determination of whether a change set should be computed for an object. In general, calculateChanges() will only be executed in a UnitOfWork if this method returns true.

Parameters:

object - the object that will be compared

unitOfWork - the active unitOfWork

descriptor - the descriptor for the current object

setAggregateChangeListener

void setAggregateChangeListener(Object parent,
                                Object aggregate,
                                UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                                ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                String mappingAttribute)

INTERNAL: Assign Changelistener to an aggregate object

setChangeListener

PropertyChangeListener setChangeListener(Object clone,
                                         UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                                         ClassDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: Assign appropriate ChangeListener to PropertyChangeListener based on the policy.

setChangeSetOnListener

void setChangeSetOnListener(ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet,
                            Object clone)

INTERNAL: Set the ObjectChangeSet on the Listener, initially used for aggregate support

buildBackupClone

Object buildBackupClone(Object clone,
                        ObjectBuilder builder,
                        UnitOfWorkImpl uow)

INTERNAL: Build back up clone.

initialize

void initialize(AbstractSession session,
                ClassDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: initialize the Policy

isDeferredChangeDetectionPolicy

boolean isDeferredChangeDetectionPolicy()

Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check

isObjectChangeTrackingPolicy

boolean isObjectChangeTrackingPolicy()

Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check

isAttributeChangeTrackingPolicy

boolean isAttributeChangeTrackingPolicy()

Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check