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| Entity |
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| 1.0;1 |
| 1 | package org.jtheque.core.managers.persistence.able; | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | /* | |
| 4 | * This file is part of JTheque. | |
| 5 | * | |
| 6 | * JTheque is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
| 7 | * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
| 8 | * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License. | |
| 9 | * | |
| 10 | * JTheque is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
| 11 | * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
| 12 | * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
| 13 | * GNU General Public License for more details. | |
| 14 | * | |
| 15 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
| 16 | * along with JTheque. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. | |
| 17 | */ | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | import org.jtheque.core.managers.persistence.context.TemporaryContext; | |
| 20 | ||
| 21 | /** | |
| 22 | * An entity specification. | |
| 23 | * | |
| 24 | * @author Baptiste Wicht | |
| 25 | */ | |
| 26 | public interface Entity extends Comparable<Entity> { | |
| 27 | /** | |
| 28 | * Return the temporary context of the data. | |
| 29 | * | |
| 30 | * @return The temporary context of the data. | |
| 31 | */ | |
| 32 | TemporaryContext getTemporaryContext(); | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | /** | |
| 35 | * Return the id of this Entity. | |
| 36 | * | |
| 37 | * @return The id | |
| 38 | */ | |
| 39 | int getId(); | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | /** | |
| 42 | * Set the id of this Entity. | |
| 43 | * | |
| 44 | * @param id The new id to set | |
| 45 | */ | |
| 46 | void setId(int id); | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | /** | |
| 49 | * Return a displayable text of the Entity. This is not the same as toString(). This method | |
| 50 | * provide an text of display on the application. | |
| 51 | * | |
| 52 | * @return A string representation of the Entity. | |
| 53 | */ | |
| 54 | String getDisplayableText(); | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | /** | |
| 57 | * Indicate if the entity is saved or not. | |
| 58 | * | |
| 59 | * @return true if the entity is saved, else false. | |
| 60 | */ | |
| 61 | boolean isSaved(); | |
| 62 | ||
| 63 | /** | |
| 64 | * Save the state of the data object to a memento. By default this method isn't supported by Entity. | |
| 65 | */ | |
| 66 | void saveToMemento(); | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | /** | |
| 69 | * Restore the state of the data object from the memento. By default this method isn't supported by Entity. | |
| 70 | */ | |
| 71 | void restoreMemento(); | |
| 72 | } |