PersistenceUtil (EclipseLink 2.7.15, API Reference)

All Known Subinterfaces:

PersistenceUnitUtil
```
public interface PersistenceUtil
```
Utility interface between the application and the persistence provider(s).
The PersistenceUtil interface instance obtained from the Persistence class is used to determine the load state of an entity or entity attribute regardless of which persistence provider in the environment created the entity.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isLoaded(java.lang.Object entity)`	Determine the load state of an entity.
`boolean`	`isLoaded(java.lang.Object entity, java.lang.String attributeName)`	Determine the load state of a given persistent attribute.

- Method Detail
  - isLoaded
```
boolean isLoaded(java.lang.Object entity,
                 java.lang.String attributeName)
```
    Determine the load state of a given persistent attribute.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - entity containing the attribute
    
    attributeName - name of attribute whose load state is to be determined
    
    Returns:
    
    false if entity's state has not been loaded or if the attribute state has not been loaded, else true
  - isLoaded
```
boolean isLoaded(java.lang.Object entity)
```
    Determine the load state of an entity. This method can be used to determine the load state of an entity passed as a reference. An entity is considered loaded if all attributes for which FetchType.EAGER has been specified have been loaded.
    The isLoaded(Object, String) method should be used to determine the load state of an attribute. Not doing so might lead to unintended loading of state.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - whose load state is to be determined
    
    Returns:
    
    false if the entity has not been loaded, else true