org.acegisecurity.domain.impl
Class AbstractPersistableEntity

java.lang.Object
  org.acegisecurity.domain.impl.BusinessObject
      org.acegisecurity.domain.impl.AbstractPersistableEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, PersistableEntity

Direct Known Subclasses:

PersistableEntityInteger, PersistableEntityLong

public abstract class AbstractPersistableEntity
extends BusinessObject
implements PersistableEntity

An abstract implementation of PersistableEntity.

Version:

$Id: AbstractPersistableEntity.java,v 1.5 2005/11/17 00:55:49 benalex Exp $

Author:

Ben Alex

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int

STARTING_VERSION

Fields inherited from class org.acegisecurity.domain.impl.BusinessObject

logger

Constructor Summary

AbstractPersistableEntity()

Method Summary

int	getVersion() Returns the version number, which should be managed by the persistence layer.
boolean	isNew() Indicates whether this persistable entity has been persisted yet.
void	setVersion(int version) Sets the version numbers.

Methods inherited from class org.acegisecurity.domain.impl.BusinessObject

clone, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.acegisecurity.domain.PersistableEntity

getInternalId

Field Detail

STARTING_VERSION

public static final int STARTING_VERSION

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractPersistableEntity

public AbstractPersistableEntity()

Method Detail

isNew

public boolean isNew()

Indicates whether this persistable entity has been persisted yet. Determine based on whether the PersistableEntity.getInternalId() returns null or a non-null value.

Returns:

true if the instance has not been persisted, false otherwise

getVersion

public int getVersion()

Returns the version number, which should be managed by the persistence layer.

Initially all PersistableEntitys will commence with the version number defined by STARTING_VERSION.

Returns:

the version

setVersion

public void setVersion(int version)

Sets the version numbers.

Parameters:

version - the new version number to use