org.gomoob.model

Interface IEntity<IDT extends Serializable>

Type Parameters:

IDT - the type of the technical identifier associated to this entity.

All Known Subinterfaces:

IAction, IEntityWithCreationDate<IDT>, IEntityWithCreationDateAndUpdateDate<IDT>, IState, ITranslatableEntity<IDT>, ITranslatableEntityWithCreationDate<IDT>, ITranslatableEntityWithCreationDateAndUpdateDate<IDT>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractEntity, AbstractEntityWithCreationDate, AbstractEntityWithCreationDateAndUpdateDate, AbstractTranslatableEntity, AbstractTranslatableEntityWithCreationDate, AbstractTranslatableEntityWithCreationDateAndUpdateDate, Action, State

public interface IEntity<IDT extends Serializable>

Interface which represents a Business Entity.

Author:

Baptiste GAILLARD (baptiste.gaillard@gomoob.com)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	get(String attributeName) Gets the value of an attribute of this entity by reflection.
IDT	getId() Gets the technical identifier of the entity.
void	set(String attributeName, Object attributeValue) Sets the value of an attribute of this entity by reflection.
void	setId(IDT id) Sets the technical identifier of the entity.

Method Detail

get

Object get(String attributeName)

Gets the value of an attribute of this entity by reflection.

Parameters:

attributeName - the name of the attribute for which one to get a value.

Returns:

the value of the attribute having a name equals to attributeName.

getId

IDT getId()

Gets the technical identifier of the entity. This is is most cases mapped to a primary key in database.

Returns:

the technical identifier of the entity.

set

void set(String attributeName,
         Object attributeValue)

Sets the value of an attribute of this entity by reflection.

Parameters:

attributeName - the name of the attribute for which one to set a value.

attributeValue - the value of the attribute to set.

setId

void setId(IDT id)

Sets the technical identifier of the entity. This is is most cases mapped to a primary key in database.

Parameters:

id - the technical identifier of the entity.