com.blazebit.persistence.deltaspike.data

Interface EntityViewRepository<E,V,PK extends Serializable>

Type Parameters:

E - Entity type.

V - Entity view type.

PK - Primary key type.

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.deltaspike.core.spi.activation.Deactivatable

All Known Subinterfaces:

FullEntityViewRepository<E,V,PK>

public interface EntityViewRepository<E,V,PK extends Serializable>
extends org.apache.deltaspike.core.spi.activation.Deactivatable

Base entity view repository interface. All methods are implemented by the CDI extension.

Since:

1.2.0

Author:

Moritz Becker

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<V>	findAll() Lookup all existing entities of entity class <E>.
List<V>	findAll(int start, int max) Lookup a range of existing entities of entity class <E> with support for pagination.
Page<V>	findAll(Pageable pageable) Returns a Page of entities meeting the paging restriction provided in the Pageable object.
Iterable<V>	findAll(Sort sort) Lookup a range of existing entities of entity class <E> with support for pagination.
Page<V>	findAll(Specification<E> specification, Pageable pageable) Returns a Page of entities meeting the paging and specification restriction provided in the Pageable and Specification objects.
List<V>	findBy(E example, int start, int max, javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes) Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties with support for pagination.
List<V>	findBy(E example, javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes) Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties.
V	findBy(PK primaryKey) Entity lookup by primary key.
List<V>	findByLike(E example, int start, int max, javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes) Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties using a like operator for Strings with support for pagination.
List<V>	findByLike(E example, javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes) Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties using a like operator for Strings.

Method Detail

findBy

V findBy(PK primaryKey)

Entity lookup by primary key. Convenicence method around EntityManager.find(Class, Object).

Parameters:

primaryKey - DB primary key.

Returns:

Entity identified by primary or null if it does not exist.

findAll

List<V> findAll()

Lookup all existing entities of entity class <E>.

Returns:

List of entities, empty if none found.

findAll

List<V> findAll(int start,
                int max)

Lookup a range of existing entities of entity class <E> with support for pagination.

Parameters:

start - The starting position.

max - The maximum number of results to return

Returns:

List of entities, empty if none found.

findAll

Iterable<V> findAll(Sort sort)

Lookup a range of existing entities of entity class <E> with support for pagination.

Parameters:

sort - The sorting

Returns:

all entities sorted by the given options

findAll

Page<V> findAll(Pageable pageable)

Returns a Page of entities meeting the paging restriction provided in the Pageable object.

Parameters:

pageable - The paging configuration

Returns:

a page of entities

findAll

Page<V> findAll(Specification<E> specification,
                Pageable pageable)

Returns a Page of entities meeting the paging and specification restriction provided in the Pageable and Specification objects.

Parameters:

specification - The specification restricting the results

pageable - The paging configuration

Returns:

a page of entities

findBy

List<V> findBy(E example,
               javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes)

Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties.

Parameters:

example - Sample entity. Query all like.

attributes - Which attributes to consider for the query.

Returns:

List of entities matching the example, or empty if none found.

findBy

List<V> findBy(E example,
               int start,
               int max,
               javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes)

Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties with support for pagination.

Parameters:

example - Sample entity. Query all like.

start - The starting position.

max - The maximum number of results to return

attributes - Which attributes to consider for the query.

Returns:

List of entities matching the example, or empty if none found.

findByLike

List<V> findByLike(E example,
                   javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes)

Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties using a like operator for Strings.

Parameters:

example - Sample entity. Query all like.

attributes - Which attributes to consider for the query.

Returns:

List of entities matching the example, or empty if none found.

findByLike

List<V> findByLike(E example,
                   int start,
                   int max,
                   javax.persistence.metamodel.SingularAttribute<E,?>... attributes)

Query by example - for a given object and a specific set of properties using a like operator for Strings with support for pagination.

Parameters:

example - Sample entity. Query all like.

start - The starting position.

max - The maximum number of results to return

attributes - Which attributes to consider for the query.

Returns:

List of entities matching the example, or empty if none found.