Package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.changetracking

Class ObjectChangeListener

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.changetracking.ObjectChangeListener

All Implemented Interfaces:

PropertyChangeListener, Serializable, EventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

AggregateObjectChangeListener, AttributeChangeListener

public class ObjectChangeListener
extends Object
implements PropertyChangeListener, Serializable

Purpose: Define a listener for object change tracking.

Description: Listener is notified on a PropertyChangeEvent from the object it belongs to.

Responsibilities: Set the flag to true when there is any change in the object.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected boolean	hasChanges
protected int	ignoreDepth
protected boolean	ignoreEvents

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ObjectChangeListener()	INTERNAL: Create a ObjectChangeListener

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clearChanges(boolean forRefresh)	INTERNAL: Clear a change flag used in this method.
boolean	hasChanges()	INTERNAL: This method should return true if the object has been changed and false otherwise.
void	ignoreEvents()	INTERNAL: This method will set this listener to ignore events not issues by EclipseLink
void	internalPropertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)	INTERNAL: This method turns marks the object as changed.
void	processEvents()	INTERNAL: This method will set this listener to ignore events not issues by EclipseLink
void	propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)	PUBLIC: This method turns marks the object as changed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ignoreEvents

protected boolean ignoreEvents

ignoreDepth

protected int ignoreDepth

hasChanges

protected boolean hasChanges

Constructor Detail

ObjectChangeListener

public ObjectChangeListener()

INTERNAL: Create a ObjectChangeListener

Method Detail

ignoreEvents

public void ignoreEvents()

INTERNAL: This method will set this listener to ignore events not issues by EclipseLink

processEvents

public void processEvents()

INTERNAL: This method will set this listener to ignore events not issues by EclipseLink

propertyChange

public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)

PUBLIC: This method turns marks the object as changed.

Specified by:

propertyChange in interface PropertyChangeListener

internalPropertyChange

public void internalPropertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)

INTERNAL: This method turns marks the object as changed. This method is only called by EclipseLink

hasChanges

public boolean hasChanges()

INTERNAL: This method should return true if the object has been changed and false otherwise. Changed Objects will be compared for changes in the UnitOfWork commit process. Unchanged objects will not be compared.

clearChanges

public void clearChanges(boolean forRefresh)

INTERNAL: Clear a change flag used in this method. This will be called in TopLink's UnitOfWork commit process when a change set has been calculated for an object.