com.ashridgetech.prevdb.client
Interface Persistent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPersistentObject

public interface Persistent

The interface which PrevDb persistent objects must implement.

Version:

1.0

Author:

paulb

Method Summary

Object	getField(PersistentField field) Get the value of a single field.
FieldMap	getFields() Get a map of all the persistent fields in this object.
PersistentManager	getManager() Get the PersistentManager that manages this object.
Object	getOid() Get the oid of this object.
void	setField(PersistentField field, Object value) Set the value of a single field.
void	setFields(FieldMap fields) Set some or all of the fields in this object.

Method Detail

getManager

public PersistentManager getManager()

Get the PersistentManager that manages this object.

Returns:

the manager

getOid

public Object getOid()

Get the oid of this object. This is the unique identifier for objects of this object's class.

Returns:

the oid

getFields

public FieldMap getFields()

Get a map of all the persistent fields in this object.

Returns:

the field map

setFields

public void setFields(FieldMap fields)

Set some or all of the fields in this object.

Parameters:

fields - the fields to set

getField

public Object getField(PersistentField field)

Get the value of a single field.

Parameters:

field - the PersistentFieldwhose value is required

Returns:

the field value

setField

public void setField(PersistentField field,
                     Object value)

Set the value of a single field.

Parameters:

field - the PersistentFieldwhose value is to be set

value - the field value