org.jboss.ejb
Interface EntityPersistenceManager

All Superinterfaces:
AllowedOperationsFlags (src) , ContainerPlugin (src) , Service (src)
All Known Implementing Classes:
BMPPersistenceManager (src) , CachedConnectionInterceptor (src) , CMPPersistenceManager (src)

public interface EntityPersistenceManager
extends ContainerPlugin (src)

This interface is implemented by any EntityBean persistence managers plugins.

Implementations of this interface are called by other plugins in the container. If the persistence manager wants to, it may attach any instance specific metadata to the EntityEnterpriseContext that is passed in method calls.

See Also:
EntityContainer (src)

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from interface org.jboss.ejb.AllowedOperationsFlags (src)
IN_AFTER_BEGIN, IN_AFTER_COMPLETION, IN_BEFORE_COMPLETION, IN_BUSINESS_METHOD, IN_EJB_ACTIVATE, IN_EJB_CREATE, IN_EJB_FIND, IN_EJB_HOME, IN_EJB_LOAD, IN_EJB_PASSIVATE, IN_EJB_POST_CREATE, IN_EJB_REMOVE, IN_EJB_STORE, IN_EJB_TIMEOUT, IN_INTERCEPTOR_METHOD, IN_SERVICE_ENDPOINT_METHOD, IN_SET_ENTITY_CONTEXT, IN_SET_MESSAGE_DRIVEN_CONTEXT, IN_SET_SESSION_CONTEXT, IN_UNSET_ENTITY_CONTEXT, NOT_ALLOWED
 
Method Summary
 void activateEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is called when an entity shall be activated.
 java.lang.Object createBeanClassInstance()
          Returns a new instance of the bean class or a subclass of the bean class.
 void createEntity(java.lang.reflect.Method m, java.lang.Object[] args, EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is called whenever an entity is to be created.
 java.util.Collection findEntities(java.lang.reflect.Method finderMethod, java.lang.Object[] args, EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance, GenericEntityObjectFactory (src)  factory)
          This method is called when collections of entities are to be found.
 java.lang.Object findEntity(java.lang.reflect.Method finderMethod, java.lang.Object[] args, EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance, GenericEntityObjectFactory (src)  factory)
          This method is called when single entities are to be found.
 void invokeEjbStore(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          Invokes ejbStore on the instance.
 boolean isModified(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  ctx)
          This method is used to determined whether the instance was modified.
 boolean isStoreRequired(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is used to determine if an entity should be stored.
 void loadEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is called whenever an entity shall be load from the underlying storage.
 void passivateEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is called when an entity shall be passivate.
 void postCreateEntity(java.lang.reflect.Method m, java.lang.Object[] args, EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is called whenever an entity is to be created.
 void removeEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is called when an entity shall be removed from the underlying storage.
 void storeEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
          This method is called whenever an entity shall be stored to the underlying storage.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.ejb.ContainerPlugin (src)
setContainer
 
Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.system.Service (src)
create, destroy, start, stop
 

Method Detail

createBeanClassInstance

public java.lang.Object createBeanClassInstance()
                                         throws java.lang.Exception
Returns a new instance of the bean class or a subclass of the bean class.

Returns:
the new instance
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

createEntity

public void createEntity(java.lang.reflect.Method m,
                         java.lang.Object[] args,
                         EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                  throws java.lang.Exception
This method is called whenever an entity is to be created. The persistence manager is responsible for calling the ejbCreate method on the instance and to handle the results properly wrt the persistent store.

Parameters:
m - the create method in the home interface that was called
args - any create parameters
instance - the instance being used for this create call
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

postCreateEntity

public void postCreateEntity(java.lang.reflect.Method m,
                             java.lang.Object[] args,
                             EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                      throws java.lang.Exception
This method is called whenever an entity is to be created. The persistence manager is responsible for calling the ejbPostCreate method on the instance and to handle the results properly wrt the persistent store.

Parameters:
m - the create method in the home interface that was called
args - any create parameters
instance - the instance being used for this create call
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

findEntity

public java.lang.Object findEntity(java.lang.reflect.Method finderMethod,
                                   java.lang.Object[] args,
                                   EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance,
                                   GenericEntityObjectFactory (src)  factory)
                            throws java.lang.Exception
This method is called when single entities are to be found. The persistence manager must find out whether the wanted instance is available in the persistence store, and if so it shall use the EJBProxyFactory plugin to create an EJBObject to the instance, which is to be returned as result.

Parameters:
finderMethod - the find method in the home interface that was called
args - any finder parameters
instance - the instance to use for the finder call
Returns:
an EJBObject representing the found entity
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

findEntities

public java.util.Collection findEntities(java.lang.reflect.Method finderMethod,
                                         java.lang.Object[] args,
                                         EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance,
                                         GenericEntityObjectFactory (src)  factory)
                                  throws java.lang.Exception
This method is called when collections of entities are to be found. The persistence manager must find out whether the wanted instances are available in the persistence store, and if so it shall use the EJBProxyFactory plugin to create EJBObjects to the instances, which are to be returned as result.

Parameters:
finderMethod - the find method in the home interface that was called
args - any finder parameters
instance - the instance to use for the finder call
Returns:
an EJBObject collection representing the found entities
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

activateEntity

public void activateEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException
This method is called when an entity shall be activated. The persistence manager must call the ejbActivate method on the instance.

Parameters:
instance - the instance to use for the activation
Throws:
java.rmi.RemoteException - thrown if some system exception occurs

loadEntity

public void loadEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                throws java.rmi.RemoteException
This method is called whenever an entity shall be load from the underlying storage. The persistence manager must load the state from the underlying storage and then call ejbLoad on the supplied instance.

Parameters:
instance - the instance to synchronize
Throws:
java.rmi.RemoteException - thrown if some system exception occurs

isStoreRequired

public boolean isStoreRequired(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                        throws java.lang.Exception
This method is used to determine if an entity should be stored.

Parameters:
instance - the instance to check
Returns:
true, if the entity has been modified
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - thrown if some system exception occurs

isModified

public boolean isModified(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  ctx)
                   throws java.lang.Exception
This method is used to determined whether the instance was modified. NOTE, even if the method returns true the isStoreRequired for this same instance might return false, e.g. a CMR field that doesn't have a foreign key was modified.

Parameters:
ctx -
Returns:
Throws:
java.lang.Exception

storeEntity

public void storeEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException
This method is called whenever an entity shall be stored to the underlying storage. The persistence manager must call ejbStore on the supplied instance and then store the state to the underlying storage.

Parameters:
instance - the instance to synchronize
Throws:
java.rmi.RemoteException - thrown if some system exception occurs

invokeEjbStore

public void invokeEjbStore(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException
Invokes ejbStore on the instance.

Parameters:
instance -
Throws:
java.rmi.RemoteException

passivateEntity

public void passivateEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException
This method is called when an entity shall be passivate. The persistence manager must call the ejbPassivate method on the instance.

Parameters:
instance - the instance to passivate
Throws:
java.rmi.RemoteException - thrown if some system exception occurs

removeEntity

public void removeEntity(EntityEnterpriseContext (src)  instance)
                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                         RemoveException (src) 
This method is called when an entity shall be removed from the underlying storage. The persistence manager must call ejbRemove on the instance and then remove its state from the underlying storage.

Parameters:
instance - the instance to remove
Throws:
java.rmi.RemoteException - thrown if some system exception occurs
RemoveException (src) - thrown if the instance could not be removed