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package org.hibernate;

import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
import org.hibernate.type.Type;


During a flush cycle, Hibernate needs to determine which of the entities associated with a Session. Dirty entities are the ones that get UPDATEed to the database. 

In some circumstances, that process of determining whether an entity is dirty can take a significant time as
by default Hibernate must check each of the entity's attribute values one-by-one.  Oftentimes applications
already have knowledge of an entity's dirtiness and using that information instead would be more performant.
The purpose of this contract then is to allow applications such a plug-in point.

Author:Steve Ebersole
/**
 * During a flush cycle, Hibernate needs to determine which of the entities associated with a {@link Session}.
 * Dirty entities are the ones that get {@literal UPDATE}ed to the database.
 * <p/>
 * In some circumstances, that process of determining whether an entity is dirty can take a significant time as
 * by default Hibernate must check each of the entity's attribute values one-by-one.  Oftentimes applications
 * already have knowledge of an entity's dirtiness and using that information instead would be more performant.
 * The purpose of this contract then is to allow applications such a plug-in point.
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy {
	
Is this strategy capable of telling whether the given entity is dirty? A return of true means that isDirty will be called next as the definitive means to determine whether the entity is dirty. 
Params:
  • entity – The entity to be check.
  • persister – The persister corresponding to the given entity
  • session – The session from which this check originates.
Returns:true indicates the dirty check can be done; false indicates it cannot.
/**
	 * Is this strategy capable of telling whether the given entity is dirty?  A return of {@code true} means that
	 * {@link #isDirty} will be called next as the definitive means to determine whether the entity is dirty.
	 *
	 * @param entity The entity to be check.
	 * @param persister The persister corresponding to the given entity
	 * @param session The session from which this check originates.
	 *
	 * @return {@code true} indicates the dirty check can be done; {@code false} indicates it cannot.
	 */
	public boolean canDirtyCheck(Object entity, EntityPersister persister, Session session);

	
The callback used by Hibernate to determine if the given entity is dirty. Only called if the previous canDirtyCheck returned true 
Params:
  • entity – The entity to check.
  • persister – The persister corresponding to the given entity
  • session – The session from which this check originates.
Returns:true indicates the entity is dirty; false indicates the entity is not dirty.
/**
	 * The callback used by Hibernate to determine if the given entity is dirty.  Only called if the previous
	 * {@link #canDirtyCheck} returned {@code true}
	 *
	 * @param entity The entity to check.
	 * @param persister The persister corresponding to the given entity
	 * @param session The session from which this check originates.
	 *
	 * @return {@code true} indicates the entity is dirty; {@link false} indicates the entity is not dirty.
	 */
	public boolean isDirty(Object entity, EntityPersister persister, Session session);

	
Callback used by Hibernate to signal that the entity dirty flag should be cleared.  Generally this
happens after previous dirty changes were written to the database.

Params:
  • entity – The entity to reset
  • persister – The persister corresponding to the given entity
  • session – The session from which this call originates.
/**
	 * Callback used by Hibernate to signal that the entity dirty flag should be cleared.  Generally this
	 * happens after previous dirty changes were written to the database.
	 *
	 * @param entity The entity to reset
	 * @param persister The persister corresponding to the given entity
	 * @param session The session from which this call originates.
	 */
	public void resetDirty(Object entity, EntityPersister persister, Session session);

	
Callback used to hook into Hibernate algorithm for determination of which attributes have changed. Applications wanting to hook in to this would call back into the given DirtyCheckContext.doDirtyChecking method passing along an appropriate AttributeChecker implementation. 
Params:
  • entity – The entity being checked
  • persister – The persister corresponding to the given entity
  • session – The session from which this call originates.
  • dirtyCheckContext – The callback context
/**
	 * Callback used to hook into Hibernate algorithm for determination of which attributes have changed.  Applications
	 * wanting to hook in to this would call back into the given {@link DirtyCheckContext#doDirtyChecking}
	 * method passing along an appropriate {@link AttributeChecker} implementation.
	 *
	 * @param entity The entity being checked
	 * @param persister The persister corresponding to the given entity
	 * @param session The session from which this call originates.
	 * @param dirtyCheckContext The callback context
	 */
	public void findDirty(Object entity, EntityPersister persister, Session session, DirtyCheckContext dirtyCheckContext);

	
A callback to drive dirty checking. Handed to the CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy.findDirty method so that it can callback on to it if it wants to handle dirty checking rather than using Hibernate's default checking 
See Also:
/**
	 * A callback to drive dirty checking.  Handed to the {@link CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy#findDirty} method
	 * so that it can callback on to it if it wants to handle dirty checking rather than using Hibernate's default
	 * checking
	 *
	 * @see CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy#findDirty
	 */
	public static interface DirtyCheckContext {
		
The callback to indicate that dirty checking (the dirty attribute determination phase) should be handled by the calling CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy using the given AttributeChecker. 
Params:
  • attributeChecker – The delegate usable by the context for determining which attributes are dirty.
/**
		 * The callback to indicate that dirty checking (the dirty attribute determination phase) should be handled
		 * by the calling {@link CustomEntityDirtinessStrategy} using the given {@link AttributeChecker}.
		 *
		 * @param attributeChecker The delegate usable by the context for determining which attributes are dirty.
		 */
		public void doDirtyChecking(AttributeChecker attributeChecker);
	}

	
Responsible for identifying when attributes are dirty.

/**
	 * Responsible for identifying when attributes are dirty.
	 */
	public static interface AttributeChecker {
		
Do the attribute dirty check.

Params:
  • attributeInformation – Information about the attribute which is useful to help determine if it is
dirty.
Returns:true indicates the attribute value has changed; false indicates it has not.
/**
		 * Do the attribute dirty check.
		 *
		 * @param attributeInformation Information about the attribute which is useful to help determine if it is
		 * dirty.
		 *
		 * @return {@code true} indicates the attribute value has changed; {@code false} indicates it has not.
		 */
		public boolean isDirty(AttributeInformation attributeInformation);
	}

	
Provides AttributeChecker with meta information about the attributes being checked. 
/**
	 * Provides {@link AttributeChecker} with meta information about the attributes being checked.
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings( {"UnusedDeclaration"})
	public static interface AttributeInformation {
		
Get a reference to the persister for the entity containing this attribute.

Returns:The entity persister.
/**
		 * Get a reference to the persister for the entity containing this attribute.
		 *
		 * @return The entity persister.
		 */
		public EntityPersister getContainingPersister();

		
Many of Hibernate internals use arrays to define information about attributes.  This value
provides this index into those arrays for this particular attribute.


It can be useful if needing to leverage those Hibernate internals.

Returns:The attribute index.
/**
		 * Many of Hibernate internals use arrays to define information about attributes.  This value
		 * provides this index into those arrays for this particular attribute.
		 * <p/>
		 * It can be useful if needing to leverage those Hibernate internals.
		 *
		 * @return The attribute index.
		 */
		public int getAttributeIndex();

		
Get the name of this attribute.

Returns:The attribute name
/**
		 * Get the name of this attribute.
		 *
		 * @return The attribute name
		 */
		public String getName();

		
Get the mapping type of this attribute.

Returns:The mapping type.
/**
		 * Get the mapping type of this attribute.
		 *
		 * @return The mapping type.
		 */
		public Type getType();

		
Get the current value of this attribute.

Returns:The attributes current value
/**
		 * Get the current value of this attribute.
		 *
		 * @return The attributes current value
		 */
		public Object getCurrentValue();

		
Get the loaded value of this attribute.


NOTE : A call to this method may require hitting the database in cases where the loaded state is
not known.  In those cases the db hit is incurred only once per entity, not for each attribute.

Returns:The attributes loaded value
/**
		 * Get the loaded value of this attribute.
		 * <p/>
		 * <b>NOTE : A call to this method may require hitting the database in cases where the loaded state is
		 * not known.  In those cases the db hit is incurred only once per entity, not for each attribute.</b>
		 *
		 * @return The attributes loaded value
		 */
		public Object getLoadedValue();
	}


}