org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors
Class DescriptorEventManager

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.DescriptorEventManager

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class DescriptorEventManager
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

Purpose: The event manager allows for a descriptor to specify that an object should be notified when a EclipseLink event occurs. It also determines how the object will be notified. To specify an event a method name can be registered to be called on the object when the event occurs. Events can be used to extend the EclipseLink reading and writing behavior.

These events include:

• pre/postWrite - occurs when an object is written (occurs even if no changes to the object).
• pre/postInsert - occurs when an object is inserted.
• pre/postUpdate - occurs when an object is updated (occurs even if no changes to the object).
• pre/postDeleted - occurs when an object is deleted.
• postBuild/postRefresh - occurs after a object has been built/refreshed from its database row.
• aboutTo/Insert/Update - occurs when an object is about to be inserted/update allows for row modification.
• postClone - occurs when an object is registered/cloned in a unit of work.
• postMerge - occurs when an object is merged with its original in a unit of work.

See Also:

ClassDescriptor, Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int	AboutToDeleteEvent
static int	AboutToInsertEvent
static int	AboutToUpdateEvent
protected java.util.Vector	defaultEventListeners
protected ClassDescriptor	descriptor
protected DescriptorEventListener	entityEventListener
protected java.util.Vector	entityEventManagers
protected java.util.Vector	entityListenerEventListeners
protected java.util.Vector	entityListenerEventManagers
protected java.util.Vector	eventListeners
protected java.util.Vector	eventMethods
protected java.util.Vector	eventSelectors
protected boolean	excludeDefaultListeners
protected boolean	excludeSuperclassListeners
protected boolean	hasAnyEventListeners PERF: Cache if any events listener exist.
protected java.util.List<DescriptorEventListener>	internalListeners Listeners that are fired after all other listeners are fired
protected static int	NumberOfEvents
static int	PostBuildEvent
static int	PostCloneEvent
static int	PostDeleteEvent
static int	PostInsertEvent
static int	PostMergeEvent
static int	PostRefreshEvent
static int	PostUpdateEvent
static int	PostWriteEvent
static int	PreDeleteEvent
static int	PreInsertEvent
static int	PrePersistEvent
static int	PreRemoveEvent
static int	PreUpdateEvent
static int	PreUpdateWithChangesEvent
static int	PreWriteEvent

Constructor Summary

DescriptorEventManager()
INTERNAL: Returns a new DescriptorEventManager for the specified ClassDescriptor.

Method Summary

void	addDefaultEventListener(DescriptorEventListener listener) PUBLIC: EJB 3.0 support for default listeners.
void	addEntityListenerEventListener(DescriptorEventListener listener) PUBLIC: EJB 3.0 support for lifecycle callback events defined on an entity listener class.
void	addinternalListener(DescriptorEventListener listener) INTERNAL:
void	addListener(DescriptorEventListener listener) PUBLIC: Listener objects can be registered with the event manager to be notified when an event occurs on any instance of the descriptor's class.
java.lang.Object	clone() INTERNAL: Clone the manager and its private parts.
boolean	excludeDefaultListeners() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
boolean	excludeSuperclassListeners() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
void	executeEvent(DescriptorEvent event) INTERNAL: Execute the given selector with the event as argument.
protected java.lang.reflect.Method	findMethod(int selector) Find the method corresponding to the event selector.
java.lang.String	getAboutToDeleteSelector() INTERNAL: bug 251180 - Missing method org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.DescriptorEventManager#setAboutToDeleteSelector
java.lang.String	getAboutToInsertSelector() INTERNAL:
java.lang.String	getAboutToUpdateSelector() INTERNAL:
java.util.Vector	getDefaultEventListeners() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
protected ClassDescriptor	getDescriptor() INTERNAL:
DescriptorEventListener	getEntityEventListener() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
java.util.Vector	getEntityListenerEventListeners() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
java.util.Vector	getEventListeners() PUBLIC: Returns the Listener objects that have been added.
protected java.util.Vector	getEventMethods()
protected java.util.Vector	getEventSelectors()
java.lang.String	getPostBuildSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is built
java.lang.String	getPostCloneSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is cloned
java.lang.String	getPostDeleteSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is deleted
java.lang.String	getPostInsertSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is inserted
java.lang.String	getPostMergeSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is merged
java.lang.String	getPostRefreshSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is refreshed
java.lang.String	getPostUpdateSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is updated
java.lang.String	getPostWriteSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is written
java.lang.String	getPreDeleteSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is deleted
java.lang.String	getPreInsertSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is inserted
java.lang.String	getPrePersistSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called before the create operation is applied to an object
java.lang.String	getPreRemoveSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called before the remove operation is applied to an object
java.lang.String	getPreUpdateSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is updated
java.lang.String	getPreWriteSelector() PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is written
boolean	hasAnyEventListeners() INTERNAL: Return if the event manager has any event listeners, or event methods.
protected boolean	hasAnyListeners()
boolean	hasDefaultEventListeners() INTERNAL: This method will return true, if this event manager has default listeners and does not exclude them.
boolean	hasEntityEventListener() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
boolean	hasEntityListenerEventListeners() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
boolean	hasInternalEventListeners() INTERNAL: Internal event support.
void	initialize(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session) INTERNAL: Configure inherited selectors.
protected void	initializeEJB30EventManagers() INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
protected void	notifyEJB30Listeners(DescriptorEvent event) INTERNAL: Notify the EJB 3.0 event listeners.
protected void	notifyListener(DescriptorEventListener listener, DescriptorEvent event) INTERNAL: Big ugly case statement to notify listeners.
void	notifyListeners(DescriptorEvent event) INTERNAL: Notify the event listeners.
void	remoteInitialization(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session) INTERNAL: Used to initialize a remote DescriptorEventManager.
void	removeListener(DescriptorEventListener listener) PUBLIC: Remove a event listener.
void	setAboutToDeleteSelector(java.lang.String aboutToDeleteSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called when an object's row it about to be inserted.
void	setAboutToInsertSelector(java.lang.String aboutToInsertSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called when an object's row it about to be inserted.
void	setAboutToUpdateSelector(java.lang.String aboutToUpdateSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called when an object's row it about to be updated.
void	setDescriptor(ClassDescriptor descriptor) INTERNAL: Set the descriptor.
void	setEntityEventListener(DescriptorEventListener listener) PUBLIC: EJB 3.0 support for lifecycle callback events defined on an entity class.
protected void	setEventListeners(java.util.Vector eventListeners)
protected void	setEventMethods(java.util.Vector eventMethods)
protected void	setEventSelectors(java.util.Vector eventSelectors)
void	setExcludeDefaultListeners(boolean excludeDefaultListeners) INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
void	setExcludeSuperclassListeners(boolean excludeSuperclassListeners) INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support.
protected void	setHasAnyEventListeners(boolean hasAnyEventListeners) INTERNAL: Set if the event manager has any event listeners, or event methods.
void	setPostBuildSelector(java.lang.String postBuildSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been built from the database.
void	setPostCloneSelector(java.lang.String postCloneSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been cloned into a unit of work.
void	setPostDeleteSelector(java.lang.String postDeleteSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been deleted from the database.
void	setPostInsertSelector(java.lang.String postInsertSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been inserted into the database.
void	setPostMergeSelector(java.lang.String postMergeSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been merge from a unit of work.
void	setPostRefreshSelector(java.lang.String postRefreshSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been refreshed from the database.
void	setPostUpdateSelector(java.lang.String postUpdateSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been updated into the database.
void	setPostWriteSelector(java.lang.String postWriteSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been written to the database.
void	setPreDeleteSelector(java.lang.String preDeleteSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be deleted from the database.
void	setPreInsertSelector(java.lang.String preInsertSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be inserted into the database.
void	setPrePersistSelector(java.lang.String prePersistSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object when that object has the create operation applied to it.
void	setPreRemoveSelector(java.lang.String preRemoveSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object when that object has the remove operation applied to it.
void	setPreUpdateSelector(java.lang.String preUpdateSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be updated into the database.
void	setPreWriteSelector(java.lang.String preWriteSelector) PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be written to the database.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

descriptor

protected ClassDescriptor descriptor

eventSelectors

protected java.util.Vector eventSelectors

eventMethods

protected transient java.util.Vector eventMethods

eventListeners

protected transient java.util.Vector eventListeners

defaultEventListeners

protected transient java.util.Vector defaultEventListeners

entityListenerEventListeners

protected transient java.util.Vector entityListenerEventListeners

entityEventListener

protected transient DescriptorEventListener entityEventListener

internalListeners

protected transient java.util.List<DescriptorEventListener> internalListeners

Listeners that are fired after all other listeners are fired

entityEventManagers

protected transient java.util.Vector entityEventManagers

entityListenerEventManagers

protected transient java.util.Vector entityListenerEventManagers

excludeDefaultListeners

protected boolean excludeDefaultListeners

excludeSuperclassListeners

protected boolean excludeSuperclassListeners

hasAnyEventListeners

protected boolean hasAnyEventListeners

PERF: Cache if any events listener exist.

PreWriteEvent

public static final int PreWriteEvent

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PostWriteEvent

public static final int PostWriteEvent

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PreDeleteEvent

public static final int PreDeleteEvent

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PostDeleteEvent

public static final int PostDeleteEvent

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PreInsertEvent

public static final int PreInsertEvent

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PostInsertEvent

public static final int PostInsertEvent

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PreUpdateEvent

public static final int PreUpdateEvent

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PostUpdateEvent

public static final int PostUpdateEvent

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PostBuildEvent

public static final int PostBuildEvent

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PostRefreshEvent

public static final int PostRefreshEvent

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PostCloneEvent

public static final int PostCloneEvent

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PostMergeEvent

public static final int PostMergeEvent

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AboutToInsertEvent

public static final int AboutToInsertEvent

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AboutToUpdateEvent

public static final int AboutToUpdateEvent

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AboutToDeleteEvent

public static final int AboutToDeleteEvent

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PrePersistEvent

public static final int PrePersistEvent

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PreRemoveEvent

public static final int PreRemoveEvent

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PreUpdateWithChangesEvent

public static final int PreUpdateWithChangesEvent

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NumberOfEvents

protected static final int NumberOfEvents

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Constructor Detail

DescriptorEventManager

public DescriptorEventManager()

INTERNAL: Returns a new DescriptorEventManager for the specified ClassDescriptor.

Method Detail

addDefaultEventListener

public void addDefaultEventListener(DescriptorEventListener listener)

PUBLIC: EJB 3.0 support for default listeners.

addEntityListenerEventListener

public void addEntityListenerEventListener(DescriptorEventListener listener)

PUBLIC: EJB 3.0 support for lifecycle callback events defined on an entity listener class.

addListener

public void addListener(DescriptorEventListener listener)

PUBLIC: Listener objects can be registered with the event manager to be notified when an event occurs on any instance of the descriptor's class.

addinternalListener

public void addinternalListener(DescriptorEventListener listener)

INTERNAL:

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

INTERNAL: Clone the manager and its private parts.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

excludeDefaultListeners

public boolean excludeDefaultListeners()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Returns true if this event manager should exclude the invocation of the default listeners for this descriptor.

excludeSuperclassListeners

public boolean excludeSuperclassListeners()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Returns true is this event manager should exclude the invocation of the listeners defined by the entity listener classes for the superclasses of this descriptor.

executeEvent

public void executeEvent(DescriptorEvent event)
                  throws DescriptorException

INTERNAL: Execute the given selector with the event as argument.

Throws:

DescriptorException - - the method cannot be found or executed

findMethod

protected java.lang.reflect.Method findMethod(int selector)
                                       throws DescriptorException

Find the method corresponding to the event selector. The method MUST take DescriptorEvent as argument, Session is also supported as argument for backward compatibility.

Throws:

DescriptorException

getAboutToDeleteSelector

public java.lang.String getAboutToDeleteSelector()

INTERNAL: bug 251180 - Missing method org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.DescriptorEventManager#setAboutToDeleteSelector

getAboutToInsertSelector

public java.lang.String getAboutToInsertSelector()

INTERNAL:

getAboutToUpdateSelector

public java.lang.String getAboutToUpdateSelector()

INTERNAL:

getDefaultEventListeners

public java.util.Vector getDefaultEventListeners()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Returns the default listeners.

getDescriptor

protected ClassDescriptor getDescriptor()

INTERNAL:

getEntityEventListener

public DescriptorEventListener getEntityEventListener()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Returns the entity event listener.

getEntityListenerEventListeners

public java.util.Vector getEntityListenerEventListeners()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Returns the entity listener event listeners.

getEventListeners

public java.util.Vector getEventListeners()

PUBLIC: Returns the Listener objects that have been added.

See Also:

addListener(DescriptorEventListener)

getEventMethods

protected java.util.Vector getEventMethods()

getEventSelectors

protected java.util.Vector getEventSelectors()

getPostBuildSelector

public java.lang.String getPostBuildSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is built

getPostCloneSelector

public java.lang.String getPostCloneSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is cloned

getPostDeleteSelector

public java.lang.String getPostDeleteSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is deleted

getPostInsertSelector

public java.lang.String getPostInsertSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is inserted

getPostMergeSelector

public java.lang.String getPostMergeSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is merged

getPostRefreshSelector

public java.lang.String getPostRefreshSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is refreshed

getPostUpdateSelector

public java.lang.String getPostUpdateSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is updated

getPostWriteSelector

public java.lang.String getPostWriteSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called after an object is written

getPrePersistSelector

public java.lang.String getPrePersistSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called before the create operation is applied to an object

getPreDeleteSelector

public java.lang.String getPreDeleteSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is deleted

getPreInsertSelector

public java.lang.String getPreInsertSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is inserted

getPreRemoveSelector

public java.lang.String getPreRemoveSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called before the remove operation is applied to an object

getPreUpdateSelector

public java.lang.String getPreUpdateSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is updated

getPreWriteSelector

public java.lang.String getPreWriteSelector()

PUBLIC: The name of the method called before an object is written

hasAnyEventListeners

public boolean hasAnyEventListeners()

INTERNAL: Return if the event manager has any event listeners, or event methods. If nothing is listening to event they can be avoided.

hasAnyListeners

protected boolean hasAnyListeners()

hasDefaultEventListeners

public boolean hasDefaultEventListeners()

INTERNAL: This method will return true, if this event manager has default listeners and does not exclude them. Default listeners are always added to every event manager to allow users to turn them on a later time if so desired.

hasEntityEventListener

public boolean hasEntityEventListener()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Return true if this event manager has any entity event listeners.

hasInternalEventListeners

public boolean hasInternalEventListeners()

INTERNAL: Internal event support. Return true if this event manager has any internal listener event listeners.

hasEntityListenerEventListeners

public boolean hasEntityListenerEventListeners()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Return true if this event manager has any entity listener event listeners.

initialize

public void initialize(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session)

INTERNAL: Configure inherited selectors.

initializeEJB30EventManagers

protected void initializeEJB30EventManagers()

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Builds our chains of descriptor event managers that will need to be notified. The chains are cache so we only need to build them once.

notifyEJB30Listeners

protected void notifyEJB30Listeners(DescriptorEvent event)

INTERNAL: Notify the EJB 3.0 event listeners.

notifyListener

protected void notifyListener(DescriptorEventListener listener,
                              DescriptorEvent event)
                       throws DescriptorException

INTERNAL: Big ugly case statement to notify listeners.

Throws:

DescriptorException

notifyListeners

public void notifyListeners(DescriptorEvent event)

INTERNAL: Notify the event listeners.

remoteInitialization

public void remoteInitialization(org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.AbstractSession session)

INTERNAL: Used to initialize a remote DescriptorEventManager.

removeListener

public void removeListener(DescriptorEventListener listener)

PUBLIC: Remove a event listener.

setAboutToDeleteSelector

public void setAboutToDeleteSelector(java.lang.String aboutToDeleteSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called when an object's row it about to be inserted. This uses the optional event argument of the DatabaseRow. This is different from pre/postInsert because it occurs after the row has already been built. This event can be used to modify the row before insert, such as adding a user inserted by.

setAboutToInsertSelector

public void setAboutToInsertSelector(java.lang.String aboutToInsertSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called when an object's row it about to be inserted. This uses the optional event argument of the DatabaseRow. This is different from pre/postInsert because it occurs after the row has already been built. This event can be used to modify the row before insert, such as adding a user inserted by.

setAboutToUpdateSelector

public void setAboutToUpdateSelector(java.lang.String aboutToUpdateSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called when an object's row it about to be updated. This uses the optional event argument of the DatabaseRow. This is different from pre/postUpdate because it occurs after the row has already been built, and it ONLY called if the update is required (changed within a unit of work), as the other occur ALWAYS. This event can be used to modify the row before insert, such as adding a user inserted by.

setDescriptor

public void setDescriptor(ClassDescriptor descriptor)

INTERNAL: Set the descriptor.

setEntityEventListener

public void setEntityEventListener(DescriptorEventListener listener)

PUBLIC: EJB 3.0 support for lifecycle callback events defined on an entity class.

setEventListeners

protected void setEventListeners(java.util.Vector eventListeners)

setEventMethods

protected void setEventMethods(java.util.Vector eventMethods)

setEventSelectors

protected void setEventSelectors(java.util.Vector eventSelectors)

setExcludeDefaultListeners

public void setExcludeDefaultListeners(boolean excludeDefaultListeners)

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. Default listeners apply to all entities in a persistence unit. Set this flag to true to exclude the invocation of the default listeners for this descriptor.

setExcludeSuperclassListeners

public void setExcludeSuperclassListeners(boolean excludeSuperclassListeners)

INTERNAL: EJB 3.0 support. If multiple entity classes in an inheritance hierarchy define entity listeners, the listeners defined for a superclass are invoked before the listeners defined for its subclasses. Set this flag to true to exclude the invocation of the listeners defined by the entity listener classes for the superclasses of this descriptor.

setHasAnyEventListeners

protected void setHasAnyEventListeners(boolean hasAnyEventListeners)

INTERNAL: Set if the event manager has any event listeners, or event methods. If nothing is listening to event they can be avoided.

setPostBuildSelector

public void setPostBuildSelector(java.lang.String postBuildSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been built from the database. This uses the optional event argument for the DatabaseRow. This event can be used to correctly initialize an object's non-persistent attributes or to perform complex optimizations or mappings. This event is called whenever an object is built.

setPostCloneSelector

public void setPostCloneSelector(java.lang.String postCloneSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been cloned into a unit of work. This uses the optional event argument for the original object (the source object is the clone). This event can be used to correctly initialize an object's non-persistent attributes.

setPostDeleteSelector

public void setPostDeleteSelector(java.lang.String postDeleteSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been deleted from the database. This event can notify/remove any dependents on the object.

setPostInsertSelector

public void setPostInsertSelector(java.lang.String postInsertSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been inserted into the database. This event can be used to notify any dependent on the object, or to update information not accessible until the object has been inserted.

setPostMergeSelector

public void setPostMergeSelector(java.lang.String postMergeSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been merge from a unit of work. This uses the optional event argument of the original object which is the object being merged from, the source object is the object being merged into. This event can be used to correctly initialize an object's non-persistent attributes.

setPostRefreshSelector

public void setPostRefreshSelector(java.lang.String postRefreshSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been refreshed from the database. This uses the optional event argument of the DatabaseRow. This event can be used to correctly initialize an object's non-persistent attributes or to perform complex optimizations or mappings. This event is only called on refreshes of existing objects.

setPostUpdateSelector

public void setPostUpdateSelector(java.lang.String postUpdateSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been updated into the database.

setPostWriteSelector

public void setPostWriteSelector(java.lang.String postWriteSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that has just been written to the database. This event is raised on any registered object in a unit of work, even if it has not changed, refer to the "aboutToUpdate" selector if it is required for the event to be raised only when the object has been changed. This will be called on all inserts and updates, after the "postInsert/Update" event has been raised. This event can be used to notify any dependent on the object.

setPreDeleteSelector

public void setPreDeleteSelector(java.lang.String preDeleteSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be deleted from the database. This event can notify/remove any dependents on the object.

setPreInsertSelector

public void setPreInsertSelector(java.lang.String preInsertSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be inserted into the database. This event can be used to notify any dependent on the object or acquire the object's id through a custom mechanism.

setPrePersistSelector

public void setPrePersistSelector(java.lang.String prePersistSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object when that object has the create operation applied to it.

setPreRemoveSelector

public void setPreRemoveSelector(java.lang.String preRemoveSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object when that object has the remove operation applied to it.

setPreUpdateSelector

public void setPreUpdateSelector(java.lang.String preUpdateSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be updated into the database. This event is raised on any registered object in a unit of work, even if it has not changed, refer to the "aboutToUpdate" selector if it is required for the event to be raised only when the object has been changed. This event can be used to notify any dependent on the object.

setPreWriteSelector

public void setPreWriteSelector(java.lang.String preWriteSelector)

PUBLIC: A method can be registered to be called on a object that is going to be written to the database. This event is raised on any registered object in a unit of work, even if it has not changed, refer to the "aboutToUpdate" selector if it is required for the event to be raised only when the object has been changed. This will be called on all inserts and updates, before the "preInsert/Update" event has been raised. This event can be used to notify any dependent on the object.