Package com.orchestranetworks.schema.businessObjects

Interface Entity

All Superinterfaces:

ValidationReportItemSubject, ValueContext

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChildEntity, MainEntity

public interface Entity
extends ValueContext, ValidationReportItemSubject

Provides a read-only access facade to a record of a business object.

Since:

6.1.1

See Also:

BusinessObjectModel, MainEntity, ChildEntity

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BusinessObjectModel	getBusinessObjectModel()	Returns the business object model of this entity.
QueryResult<ChildEntity>	getChildEntities(Path aPath)	Returns the child entities linked by the relationship defined by the node at the specified path.
QueryResult<ChildEntity>	getChildEntities(SchemaNode aRelationshipNode)	Returns the child entities linked by the relationship defined by the specified node.
ChildEntity	getChildEntity(Path aPath)	Returns the entities linked by the relationship defined by the node at the specified path.
ChildEntity	getChildEntity(SchemaNode aRelationshipNode)	Returns the entity linked by the relationship defined by the specified node.
Adaptation	getRecord()	Returns the record linked to this entity.
Session	getSessionOrNull()	Returns the session used for creating this business object.

Methods inherited from interface com.orchestranetworks.service.ValidationReportItemSubject

isDatasetOrRecordSubject, isTableSubject

Methods inherited from interface com.orchestranetworks.instance.ValueContext

getAdaptationInstance, getAdaptationTable, getHome, getNode, getNode, getValue, getValue, getValue

Method Detail

getRecord

Adaptation getRecord()

Returns the record linked to this entity.

getBusinessObjectModel

BusinessObjectModel getBusinessObjectModel()

Returns the business object model of this entity.

getChildEntities

QueryResult<ChildEntity> getChildEntities(SchemaNode aRelationshipNode)

Returns the child entities linked by the relationship defined by the specified node.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified node does not exist.

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified node is not associated to a direct child relationship of this entity.

See Also:

getChildEntities(Path), getChildEntity(SchemaNode)

getChildEntities

QueryResult<ChildEntity> getChildEntities(Path aPath)
                                   throws PathAccessException

Returns the child entities linked by the relationship defined by the node at the specified path.

Throws:

PathAccessException - if no node exist at the specified path.

IllegalArgumentException - if the node targeted by the specified path does not define a relationship.

IllegalArgumentException - if the node targeted by the specified path is not associated to a direct child relationship of this entity.

See Also:

getChildEntities(SchemaNode), getChildEntity(Path)

getChildEntity

ChildEntity getChildEntity(SchemaNode aRelationshipNode)

Returns the entity linked by the relationship defined by the specified node.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified node does not exist.

IllegalArgumentException - if the specified node is not associated to a direct child relationship of this entity.

IllegalArgumentException - if the related data model relationship is not an single valued relationship. That is, a record of the table that defines the relationship must refer to only one record in the target table of the relationship.

getChildEntity

ChildEntity getChildEntity(Path aPath)
                    throws PathAccessException

Returns the entities linked by the relationship defined by the node at the specified path.

Throws:

PathAccessException - if no node exist at the specified path.

IllegalArgumentException - if the node targeted by the specified path does not define a relationship.

IllegalArgumentException - if the node targeted by the specified path is not associated to a direct child relationship of this entity.

IllegalArgumentException - if the related data model relationship is not an single valued relationship. That is, a record of the table that defines the relationship must refer to only one record in the target table of the relationship.

getSessionOrNull

Session getSessionOrNull()

Returns the session used for creating this business object.