Package ch.tocco.nice2.entityoperation.api

Interface LogicCopyService

All Known Implementing Classes:

LogicCopyServiceImpl

public interface LogicCopyService

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Entity	copyRelations(Entity copiedEntity, Entity originalEntity, Collection<String> excluded)	same as copyRelations(Entity, Entity, Optional, Collection) but passes an absent optional for the third parameter (parentEntity)
Entity	copyRelations(Entity copiedEntity, Entity originalEntity, Optional<Entity> parentEntity, Collection<String> excluded)	copies the references of relations that: - are not the parentEntity if one exists - are not 1:n from the view of the original entity (as this would modify the original entity) - are not excluded.
LogicCopyExecutor	createLogicCopyOf(Entity originalEntity)	gives you a complete Copy of the given entity with all relations.

Method Details

createLogicCopyOf

LogicCopyExecutor createLogicCopyOf(Entity originalEntity)

gives you a complete Copy of the given entity with all relations. the fluent interface can be used to define the copy behaviour. Example: logicCopyService.createLogicCopyOf(subproject).withRelatedEntitiesToCopy(ImmutableSet.of(relTask)) .withExcludedRelations(ImmutableSet.of(relTask.relTask_note)).doCopy()

Parameters:

originalEntity - entity to copy

Returns:

copied entity

copyRelations

Entity copyRelations(Entity copiedEntity,
 Entity originalEntity,
 Collection<String> excluded)

same as copyRelations(Entity, Entity, Optional, Collection) but passes an absent optional for the third parameter (parentEntity)

Parameters:

copiedEntity - the entity to copy the relations to

originalEntity - entity to get the relation values from

excluded - list of relations which should be excluded from copy

copyRelations

Entity copyRelations(Entity copiedEntity,
 Entity originalEntity,
 Optional<Entity> parentEntity,
 Collection<String> excluded)

copies the references of relations that: - are not the parentEntity if one exists - are not 1:n from the view of the original entity (as this would modify the original entity) - are not excluded. (note that the related entities will not get copied!)

Parameters:

copiedEntity - the entity to copy the relations to

originalEntity - entity to get the relation values from

parentEntity - parent to ignore

excluded - list of relations which should be excluded from copy