Package ch.tocco.nice2.entityoperation.api.merge

Interface MergeEntitiesService

All Known Implementing Classes:

MergeEntitiesServiceImpl

public interface MergeEntitiesService

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EntityMergeConfig	getMergeConfig(String modelName, List<String> entityKeys)	Compute which fields/relations are showed to the user
EntityMergeResult	merge(String modelName, String targetEntityKey, List<String> sourceEntityKeys, Map<String,?> updatedPaths, List<MergeRelationBean> mergeRelations)	Processes the merging of source entities into a target entity

Method Details

getMergeConfig

EntityMergeConfig getMergeConfig(String modelName,
 List<String> entityKeys)

Compute which fields/relations are showed to the user

Parameters:

modelName - model name of the entities

entityKeys - list of entity keys which should be merged

Returns:

a configuration object of showed fields and relations

merge

EntityMergeResult merge(String modelName,
 String targetEntityKey,
 List<String> sourceEntityKeys,
 Map<String,?> updatedPaths,
 List<MergeRelationBean> mergeRelations)

Processes the merging of source entities into a target entity

Parameters:

modelName - model name of the target/source entities

targetEntityKey - key of the target entity

sourceEntityKeys - list of keys of the source entities

updatedPaths - map of paths which are merged

mergeRelations - relations where are related entities are copied to the target entity

Returns:

summary of the merge process (e.g. permission related issue)