org.acegisecurity.domain.dao
Class EvictionUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.acegisecurity.domain.dao.EvictionUtils

public class EvictionUtils
extends Object

Convenience methods that support eviction of PersistableEntitys from those objects that implement EvictionCapable.

Version:

$Id: EvictionUtils.java,v 1.6 2005/11/17 00:55:47 benalex Exp $

Author:

Ben Alex

Constructor Summary

EvictionUtils()

Method Summary

static void	evictIfRequired(Object daoOrServices, Collection<? extends Object> collection) Evicts each PersistableEntity element of the passed Collection using the passed Object (provided that the passed Object implements EvictionCapable).
static void	evictIfRequired(Object daoOrServices, PersistableEntity entity) Evicts the PersistableEntity using the passed Object (provided that the passed Object implements EvictionCapable).
static void	evictPopulatedIfRequired(Object daoOrServices, PersistableEntity entity) Evicts the PersistableEntity using the passed Object (provided that the passed Object implements EvictionCapable), along with expressly evicting every PersistableEntity returned by the PersistableEntity's getters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EvictionUtils

public EvictionUtils()

Method Detail

evictIfRequired

public static void evictIfRequired(Object daoOrServices,
                                   PersistableEntity entity)

Evicts the PersistableEntity using the passed Object (provided that the passed Object implements EvictionCapable).

Parameters:

daoOrServices - the potential source for EvictionCapable services (never null)

entity - to evict (can be null)

evictPopulatedIfRequired

public static void evictPopulatedIfRequired(Object daoOrServices,
                                            PersistableEntity entity)

Evicts the PersistableEntity using the passed Object (provided that the passed Object implements EvictionCapable), along with expressly evicting every PersistableEntity returned by the PersistableEntity's getters.

Parameters:

daoOrServices - the potential source for EvictionCapable services (never null)

entity - to evict includnig its getter results (can be null)

evictIfRequired

public static void evictIfRequired(Object daoOrServices,
                                   Collection<? extends Object> collection)

Evicts each PersistableEntity element of the passed Collection using the passed Object (provided that the passed Object implements EvictionCapable).

Parameters:

daoOrServices - the potential source for EvictionCapable services (never null)

collection - whose members to evict (never null)