org.mentabean
Class AbstractMentaBean

java.lang.Object
  org.mentabean.AbstractMentaBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

MentaBean

public abstract class AbstractMentaBean
extends Object
implements MentaBean

A abstract implementation of the MentaBean interface. Your beans might choose to inherit from this class to be able to persist themselves.

Author:

sergio.oliveira.jr@gmail.com

Constructor Summary

AbstractMentaBean()

AbstractMentaBean(BeanSession session)
You can inject the bean session through the constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	delete() Attempt to delete a bean from the database.
BeanSession	getBeanSession() Return the bean session being used by this menta bean.
void	insert() Attempt to insert a bean to the database.
boolean	load() Attempt to load the bean properties from the database.
void	setBeanSession(BeanSession session) You can inject the bean session through the setter.
boolean	update() Attempt to update the bean properties in the database.
boolean	updateAll() Attempt to update ALL the bean properties in the database, not just the ones that have been changed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractMentaBean

public AbstractMentaBean()

AbstractMentaBean

public AbstractMentaBean(BeanSession session)

You can inject the bean session through the constructor.

Parameters:

session - the bean session to inject

Method Detail

setBeanSession

public void setBeanSession(BeanSession session)

You can inject the bean session through the setter.

Parameters:

session - the bean session to inject

getBeanSession

public BeanSession getBeanSession()

Description copied from interface: MentaBean

Return the bean session being used by this menta bean.

Specified by:

getBeanSession in interface MentaBean

Returns:

the bean session

insert

public void insert()

Description copied from interface: MentaBean

Attempt to insert a bean to the database. Note: This method can be called multiple times in the same bean. Of course the PK constraints will be enforced by the database, so you can change the PK by hand and call this method multiple times, to insert multiple beans. If the PK is an auto-generated database field (e.g. auto-increment), you will not change the PK by hand and a new PK will be automatically assigned to the bean.

Specified by:

insert in interface MentaBean

load

public boolean load()

Description copied from interface: MentaBean

Attempt to load the bean properties from the database. This method will throw an exception if you try to load a bean without its primary key set.

Specified by:

load in interface MentaBean

Returns:

true if the bean was loaded

update

public boolean update()

Description copied from interface: MentaBean

Attempt to update the bean properties in the database. If this bean was previously loaded, this method will update only the properties that were modified (dirty).

Specified by:

update in interface MentaBean

Returns:

true if it was updated

updateAll

public boolean updateAll()

Description copied from interface: MentaBean

Attempt to update ALL the bean properties in the database, not just the ones that have been changed.

Specified by:

updateAll in interface MentaBean

Returns:

true if it was updated

delete

public boolean delete()

Description copied from interface: MentaBean

Attempt to delete a bean from the database. It will throw an exception if the bean does not have its PK set.

Specified by:

delete in interface MentaBean

Returns:

true if it was deleted