de.espirit.or.schema

Interface Identifier

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface Identifier
extends Serializable

Interface representing the identifier of an entity. In a temporal context an entity can have more than one version. All of the versions have the same KeyValue but each version must have an unique identifier which is used to retrieve the version from the database. In the temporal context the identifier is a composed primary key it contains the key value of the entity and the following system columns: valid from, valid to, release to

Since:

4.0.17

See Also:

Entity.getIdentifier()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getEntityTypeName() Returns the name of the entity type of the entity this identifier belongs to.
String	getName(int index) Returns the name at the specfied index.
List<String>	getNames() Returns a list of all names representing the values of this identifier.
Object	getValue(int index) Returns the identifier value at the specified index.
Object	getValue(String name) Returns the identifier value for the specified name
List<Object>	getValues() Returns a list of all identifier values.
int	size() Returns the value count of this identifier.

Method Detail

getEntityTypeName

String getEntityTypeName()

Returns the name of the entity type of the entity this identifier belongs to.

Since:

4.0.17

getValue

Object getValue(int index)

Returns the identifier value at the specified index.

Since:

4.0.17

getValue

Object getValue(String name)

Returns the identifier value for the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given name is not defined for this identifier

Since:

4.0.17

See Also:

getNames()

getValues

List<Object> getValues()

Returns a list of all identifier values.

Since:

4.0.17

getName

String getName(int index)

Returns the name at the specfied index.

Since:

4.0.17

See Also:

getValue(String)

getNames

List<String> getNames()

Returns a list of all names representing the values of this identifier.

Since:

4.0.17

See Also:

getValue(String)

size

int size()

Returns the value count of this identifier.

Since:

4.0.17

See Also:

getValue(int)