net.eusashead.parquet.entity

Interface EntityFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicEntityFactory

public interface EntityFactory

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
EntityBuilder	clone(Entity entity) Clone the supplied Entity into a new EntityBuilder to enable modifications
<T> EntityBuilder	convert(T target, EntityConverter<T> converter) Create an Entity by converting it using the supplied EntityConverter
EntityBuilder	newEntity() Create a new EntityBuilder with no self URI
EntityBuilder	newEntity(java.net.URI uri) Create an EntityBuilder to build an Entity with a self link of URI

Method Detail

clone

EntityBuilder clone(Entity entity)

Clone the supplied Entity into a new EntityBuilder to enable modifications

Parameters:

entity - Entity to clone

Returns:

EntityBuilder to build Entity

newEntity

EntityBuilder newEntity(java.net.URI uri)

Create an EntityBuilder to build an Entity with a self link of URI

Parameters:

uri - URI self link for Entity

Returns:

EntityBuilder to build Entity

newEntity

EntityBuilder newEntity()

Create a new EntityBuilder with no self URI

Returns:

EntityBuilder to build Entity

convert

<T> EntityBuilder convert(T target,
                        EntityConverter<T> converter)

Create an Entity by converting it using the supplied EntityConverter

Parameters:

target - Object to convert

converter - EntityConverter to convert with

Returns:

EntityBuilder result of conversion