Enum ExistenceType
- All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable
,Comparable<ExistenceType>
An enum that is used within the ExistenceChecking annotation.
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- Author:
- Guy Pelletier
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Enum Constant Summary
Enum ConstantDescriptionAssume that if the objects primary key does not include null then it must exist.Assume that the object does not exist.Assume that if the objects primary key does not include null and it is in the cache, then it must exist.Perform does exist check on the database. -
Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionstatic ExistenceType
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.static ExistenceType[]
values()
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.
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Enum Constant Details
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CHECK_CACHE
Assume that if the objects primary key does not include null and it is in the cache, then it must exist. -
CHECK_DATABASE
Perform does exist check on the database. -
ASSUME_EXISTENCE
Assume that if the objects primary key does not include null then it must exist. This may be used if the application guarantees or does not care about the existence check. -
ASSUME_NON_EXISTENCE
Assume that the object does not exist. This may be used if the application guarantees or does not care about the existence check. This will always force an insert to be called.
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Method Details
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values
Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.- Returns:
- an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared
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valueOf
Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)- Parameters:
name
- the name of the enum constant to be returned.- Returns:
- the enum constant with the specified name
- Throws:
IllegalArgumentException
- if this enum type has no constant with the specified nameNullPointerException
- if the argument is null
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