EclipseLink 1.1.4, build 'v20100812-r7860' API Reference

org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.changetracking
Interface ObjectChangePolicy

All Superinterfaces:
java.io.Serializable
All Known Implementing Classes:
AttributeChangeTrackingPolicy, DeferredChangeDetectionPolicy, ObjectChangeTrackingPolicy

public interface ObjectChangePolicy
extends java.io.Serializable

INTERNAL: Implementers of ObjectChangePolicy implement the code which computes changes sets for the UnitOfWork commit process. An ObjectChangePolicy is stored on an Object's descriptor.

See Also:
DeferredChangeDetectionPolicy, ObjectChangeTrackingPolicy, AttributeChangeTrackingPolicy
Author:
Tom Ware

Method Summary
 java.lang.Object buildBackupClone(java.lang.Object clone, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.ObjectBuilder builder, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow)
          INTERNAL: Build back up clone.
 org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet calculateChanges(java.lang.Object clone, java.lang.Object backupClone, boolean isNew, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean shouldRaiseEvent)
          INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.
 org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet calculateChangesForExistingObject(java.lang.Object clone, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean shouldRaiseEvent)
          INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.
 org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet calculateChangesForNewObject(java.lang.Object clone, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor, boolean shouldRaiseEvent)
          INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for a new object.
 void clearChanges(java.lang.Object object, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor)
          INTERNAL: This is a place holder for reseting the listener on one of the subclasses
 org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet createObjectChangeSetThroughComparison(java.lang.Object clone, java.lang.Object backUp, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changeSet, boolean isNew, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session, ClassDescriptor descriptor)
          INTERNAL: Create ObjectChangeSet through comparison.
 void dissableEventProcessing(java.lang.Object changeTracker)
          INTERNAL: This method is used to disable changetracking temporarily
 void enableEventProcessing(java.lang.Object changeTracker)
          INTERNAL: This method is used to enable changetracking temporarily
 void initialize(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session, ClassDescriptor descriptor)
          INTERNAL: initialize the Policy
 boolean isAttributeChangeTrackingPolicy()
          Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check
 boolean isDeferredChangeDetectionPolicy()
          Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check
 boolean isObjectChangeTrackingPolicy()
          Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check
 void raiseInternalPropertyChangeEvent(java.lang.Object source, java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object oldValue, java.lang.Object newValue)
          INTERNAL: This may cause a property change event to be raised to a listener in the case that a listener exists.
 void revertChanges(java.lang.Object clone, ClassDescriptor descriptor, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow, java.util.Map cloneMapping)
          INTERNAL: This method is used to revert an object within the unit of work
 void setAggregateChangeListener(java.lang.Object parent, java.lang.Object aggregate, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor, java.lang.String mappingAttribute)
          INTERNAL: Assign Changelistener to an aggregate object
 java.beans.PropertyChangeListener setChangeListener(java.lang.Object clone, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor)
          INTERNAL: Assign appropriate ChangeListener to PropertyChangeListener based on the policy.
 void setChangeSetOnListener(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet, java.lang.Object clone)
          INTERNAL: Set the ObjectChangeSet on the Listener, initially used for aggregate support
 boolean shouldCompareExistingObjectForChange(java.lang.Object object, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork, ClassDescriptor descriptor)
          INTERNAL: Return true if the Object should be compared, false otherwise.
 void updateWithChanges(java.lang.Object clone, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow, ClassDescriptor descriptor)
          INTERNAL: This method is used internally to rest the policies back to original state This is used when the clones are to be reused.
 

Method Detail

calculateChangesForNewObject

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet calculateChangesForNewObject(java.lang.Object clone,
                                                                                       org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes,
                                                                                       org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                                                                       ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                                                                       boolean shouldRaiseEvent)
INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for a new object.

Parameters:
clone - the Object to compute a change set for
changes - the change set to add changes to
session - the current session
descriptor - the descriptor for this object
shouldRaiseEvent - indicates whether PreUpdate event should be risen (usually true)
Returns:
ObjectChangeSet an object change set describing the changes to this object

calculateChangesForExistingObject

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet calculateChangesForExistingObject(java.lang.Object clone,
                                                                                            org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes,
                                                                                            org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                                                                            ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                                                                            boolean shouldRaiseEvent)
INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.

Parameters:
clone - the Object to compute a change set for
changes - the change set to add changes to
session - the current session
descriptor - the descriptor for this object
shouldRaiseEvent - indicates whether PreUpdate event should be risen (usually true)
Returns:
ObjectChangeSet an object change set describing the changes to this object

calculateChanges

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet calculateChanges(java.lang.Object clone,
                                                                           java.lang.Object backupClone,
                                                                           boolean isNew,
                                                                           org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changes,
                                                                           org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                                                           ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                                                           boolean shouldRaiseEvent)
INTERNAL: CalculateChanges creates a change set for an existing object.

Parameters:
clone - the object to compute a change set for
backupClone - the object used to compute changes from
isNew - determines if the object is new
changes - the change set to add changes to
session - the current session
descriptor - the descriptor for this object
shouldRaiseEvent - indicates whether PreUpdate event should be risen (usually true)
Returns:
ObjectChangeSet an object change set describing the changes to this object

createObjectChangeSetThroughComparison

org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet createObjectChangeSetThroughComparison(java.lang.Object clone,
                                                                                                 java.lang.Object backUp,
                                                                                                 org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkChangeSet changeSet,
                                                                                                 boolean isNew,
                                                                                                 org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session,
                                                                                                 ClassDescriptor descriptor)
INTERNAL: Create ObjectChangeSet through comparison. Used in cases where we need to force change calculation (ie aggregates)


dissableEventProcessing

void dissableEventProcessing(java.lang.Object changeTracker)
INTERNAL: This method is used to disable changetracking temporarily


enableEventProcessing

void enableEventProcessing(java.lang.Object changeTracker)
INTERNAL: This method is used to enable changetracking temporarily


raiseInternalPropertyChangeEvent

void raiseInternalPropertyChangeEvent(java.lang.Object source,
                                      java.lang.String propertyName,
                                      java.lang.Object oldValue,
                                      java.lang.Object newValue)
INTERNAL: This may cause a property change event to be raised to a listener in the case that a listener exists. If there is no listener then this call is a no-op


revertChanges

void revertChanges(java.lang.Object clone,
                   ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                   org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                   java.util.Map cloneMapping)
INTERNAL: This method is used to revert an object within the unit of work


clearChanges

void clearChanges(java.lang.Object object,
                  org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                  ClassDescriptor descriptor)
INTERNAL: This is a place holder for reseting the listener on one of the subclasses


updateWithChanges

void updateWithChanges(java.lang.Object clone,
                       org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet,
                       org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                       ClassDescriptor descriptor)
INTERNAL: This method is used internally to rest the policies back to original state This is used when the clones are to be reused.


shouldCompareExistingObjectForChange

boolean shouldCompareExistingObjectForChange(java.lang.Object object,
                                             org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl unitOfWork,
                                             ClassDescriptor descriptor)
INTERNAL: Return true if the Object should be compared, false otherwise. This method is implemented to allow run time determination of whether a change set should be computed for an object. In general, calculateChanges() will only be executed in a UnitOfWork if this method returns true.

Parameters:
object - the object that will be compared
unitOfWork - the active unitOfWork
descriptor - the descriptor for the current object

setAggregateChangeListener

void setAggregateChangeListener(java.lang.Object parent,
                                java.lang.Object aggregate,
                                org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                                ClassDescriptor descriptor,
                                java.lang.String mappingAttribute)
INTERNAL: Assign Changelistener to an aggregate object


setChangeListener

java.beans.PropertyChangeListener setChangeListener(java.lang.Object clone,
                                                    org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow,
                                                    ClassDescriptor descriptor)
INTERNAL: Assign appropriate ChangeListener to PropertyChangeListener based on the policy.


setChangeSetOnListener

void setChangeSetOnListener(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.ObjectChangeSet objectChangeSet,
                            java.lang.Object clone)
INTERNAL: Set the ObjectChangeSet on the Listener, initially used for aggregate support


buildBackupClone

java.lang.Object buildBackupClone(java.lang.Object clone,
                                  org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.ObjectBuilder builder,
                                  org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.UnitOfWorkImpl uow)
INTERNAL: Build back up clone.


initialize

void initialize(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session,
                ClassDescriptor descriptor)
INTERNAL: initialize the Policy


isDeferredChangeDetectionPolicy

boolean isDeferredChangeDetectionPolicy()
Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check


isObjectChangeTrackingPolicy

boolean isObjectChangeTrackingPolicy()
Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check


isAttributeChangeTrackingPolicy

boolean isAttributeChangeTrackingPolicy()
Used to track instances of the change policies without doing an instance of check


EclipseLink 1.1.4, build 'v20100812-r7860' API Reference