org.softsmithy.lib.persistence

Class AbstractEntity

java.lang.Object

org.softsmithy.lib.persistence.AbstractEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractVersionedEntity

@MappedSuperclass
public abstract class AbstractEntity
extends Object
implements Serializable

A mapped base class for JPA entities with reasonable defaults:

• A generated technical id (surrogate PK) of type Long with the generation strategy set to GenerationType.AUTO.
• Since a PK should not change, there is no setter method for the id property.
• Field access
• implements Serializable

Author:

puce

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	PRIMARY_GENERATOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractEntity()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Long	getId() Gets the technical id of this entity (surrogate PK).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PRIMARY_GENERATOR

public static final String PRIMARY_GENERATOR

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractEntity

public AbstractEntity()

Method Detail

getId

public Long getId()

Gets the technical id of this entity (surrogate PK).

Returns:

the technical id of this entity (surrogate PK)