-/**
- * Base class the entities are derived from. Provides base functionality of
- * an entity. Entities are used to represent rows of a database table.<p>
- */
-
-
-package mir.entity;
-
-import java.lang.*;
-import java.io.*;
-import java.util.*;
-import java.sql.*;
-
-import freemarker.template.*;
-
-import mir.storage.*;
-import mir.misc.*;
-
-/**
- * Base Class of Entities
- * Interfacing TemplateHashModel and TemplateModelRoot to be freemarker compliant
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 The Mir-coders group
*
- * @version $Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2002/06/28 22:56:37 $
- * @author $Author: mh $
+ * This file is part of Mir.
*
- * $Log: Entity.java,v $
- * Revision 1.8 2002/06/28 22:56:37 mh
- * fix so that webdb_lastchange appears in contentlist.template as it should
+ * Mir is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
*
- * Revision 1.7 2002/06/28 20:35:38 mh
- * use some cvs macros/id's
+ * Mir is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
*
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Mir; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*
+ * In addition, as a special exception, The Mir-coders gives permission to link
+ * the code of this program with any library licensed under the Apache Software License.
+ * You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code used
+ * other than the above mentioned libraries. If you modify this file, you may extend this
+ * exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do so.
+ * If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
*/
+package mir.entity;
-public class Entity implements TemplateHashModel, TemplateModelRoot
-{
- private boolean changed;
- protected HashMap theValuesHash; // tablekey / value
- protected StorageObject theStorageObject;
- protected static Logfile theLog;
- protected ArrayList streamedInput=null;
- private static int instances = 0;
- static {
- theLog = Logfile.getInstance(MirConfig.getProp("Home") + MirConfig.getProp("Entity.Logfile"));
- }
-
- public Entity() {
-
- this.changed = false;
- instances++;
- Integer i = new Integer(instances);
- //System.err.println("New abstract entity instance: "+i.toString());
- }
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.List;
- /**
- * Constructor
- * @param StorageObject The StorageObject of the Entity.
- */
- public Entity (StorageObject StorageObject) {
- this();
- setStorage(StorageObject);
- }
+import mir.storage.DatabaseExc;
+import mir.storage.DatabaseFailure;
- /*
- * Sets the StorageObject of the Entity.
- */
- public void setStorage (StorageObject storage) {
- this.theStorageObject = storage;
- }
+/**
+ * An <code>Entity</code> represents a persistent data object, typically
+ * stored in a database.<p>
+ *
+ * @version $Id: Entity.java,v 1.21.2.15 2005/12/24 11:43:34 zapata Exp $
+ */
+public interface Entity {
/**
- * Sets the values of the Entity.
- * @param theStringValues HashMap containing the new values of the Entity
+ * Sets the values of the Entity. (Only to be called by the Storage Object)
+ *
+ * @param aMap Map containing the new values of the Entity
*/
- public void setValues(HashMap theStringValues)
- {
- /** @todo should be synchronized */
- if (theStringValues!=null) {
- theValuesHash = new HashMap();
- String aKey;
- Set set = theStringValues.keySet();
- Iterator it = set.iterator();
- int size = set.size();
- for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
- aKey = (String)it.next();
- theValuesHash.put(aKey, (String)theStringValues.get(aKey));
- }
- }
- else theLog.printWarning("Entity.setValues called with null HashMap");
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns whether the content of the Entity has changed.
- * @return true wenn ja, sonst false
- */
- public boolean changed () {
- return changed;
- }
+ public void setFieldValues(Map aMap);
/**
* Returns the primary key of the Entity.
* @return String Id
*/
- public String getId () {
- return (String)getValue(theStorageObject.getIdName());
- }
+ public String getId();
/**
- * Defines the primary key of the Entity
+ * Defines the primary key of the Entity (only to be set by the Database)
* @param id
*/
- public void setId (String id) {
- theValuesHash.put(theStorageObject.getIdName(), id);
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns the value of a field by field name.
- * @param field The name of the field
- * @return value of the field
- */
- public String getValue (String field) {
- String returnValue = null;
- if (field != null)
- {
- if (field.equals("webdb_create_formatted"))
- {
- if (hasValueForField("webdb_create"))
- returnValue=StringUtil.dateToReadableDate(getValue("webdb_create"));
- }
- else if (field.equals("webdb_lastchange_formatted"))
- {
- if (hasValueForField("webdb_lastchange"))
- returnValue=StringUtil.dateToReadableDate(getValue("webdb_lastchange"));
- }
- else if (field.equals("webdb_create_dc"))
- {
- if (hasValueForField("webdb_create"))
- returnValue=StringUtil.webdbdateToDCDate(getValue("webdb_create"));
- }
- else
- returnValue = (String)theValuesHash.get(field);
- }
- return returnValue;
- }
-
- public boolean hasValueForField(String field)
- {
- if (theValuesHash!=null)
- return theValuesHash.containsKey(field);
- return false;
- }
+ public void setId(String id);
/**
- * Insers Entity into the database via StorageObject
+ * Inserts Entity into the database via Database
* @return Primary Key of the Entity
- * @exception StorageObjectException
+ * @exception DatabaseExc
*/
- public String insert () throws StorageObjectException {
- theLog.printDebugInfo("Entity: trying to insert ...");
- if (theStorageObject != null) {
- return theStorageObject.insert((Entity)this);
- }
- else
- throw new StorageObjectException("Kein StorageObject gesetzt!");
- }
+ public String insert() throws DatabaseExc;
/**
* Saves changes of this Entity to the database
- * @exception StorageObjectException
+ * @exception DatabaseFailure
*/
- public void update () throws StorageObjectException {
- theStorageObject.update((Entity)this);
- }
+ public void update() throws DatabaseFailure;
/**
* Sets the value for a field. Issues a log message if the field name
* supplied was not found in the Entity.
- * @param theProp The field name whose value has to be set
- * @param theValue The new value of the field
- * @exception StorageObjectException
- */
- public void setValueForProperty (String theProp, String theValue)
- throws StorageObjectException {
- this.changed = true;
- if (isField(theProp))
- theValuesHash.put(theProp, theValue);
- else {
- theLog.printWarning("Property not found: " + theProp+theValue);
- }
-
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns the field names of the Entity as ArrayListe.
- * @return ArrayList with field names
- * @exception StorageObjectException is throuwn if database access was impossible
- */
- public ArrayList getFields () throws StorageObjectException {
- return theStorageObject.getFields();
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns an int[] with the types of the fields
- * @return int[] that contains the types of the fields
- * @exception StorageObjectException
+ * @param aFieldName The field name whose value has to be set
+ * @param aValue The new value of the field
+ * @exception DatabaseFailure
*/
- public int[] getTypes () throws StorageObjectException {
- return theStorageObject.getTypes();
- }
+ public void setFieldValue(String aFieldName, String aValue);
/**
- * Returns an ArrayList with field names
- * @return List with field names
- * @exception StorageObjectException
+ * Returns the field names of the Entity
*/
- public ArrayList getLabels () throws StorageObjectException {
- return theStorageObject.getLabels();
- }
+ public List getFieldNames() throws DatabaseFailure;
/**
- * Returns a Hashmap with all values of the Entity.
- * @return HashMap with field name as key and the corresponding values
- *
- * @deprecated This method is deprecated and will be deleted in the next release.
- * Entity interfaces freemarker.template.TemplateHashModel now and can
- * be used in the same way as SimpleHash.
-
- */
- public HashMap getValues() {
- theLog.printWarning("## using deprecated Entity.getValues() - a waste of resources");
- return theValuesHash;
- }
-
- /**
- * Returns an ArrayList with all database fields that can
- * be evaluated as streamedInput.
- * Could be automated by the types (blob, etc.)
- * Until now to be created manually in the inheriting class
- *
- * Liefert einen ArrayList mit allen Datenbankfeldern, die
- * als streamedInput ausgelesen werden muessen.
- * Waere automatisierbar ueber die types (blob, etc.)
- * Bisher manuell anzulegen in der erbenden Klasse
- */
-
- public ArrayList streamedInput() {
- return streamedInput;
- }
-
- /** Returns whether fieldName is a valid field name of this Entity.
- * @param fieldName
- * @return true in case fieldName is a field name, else false.
- * @exception StorageObjectException
- */
- public boolean isField (String fieldName) throws StorageObjectException {
- return theStorageObject.getFields().contains(fieldName);
- }
-
- /** Returns the number of instances of this Entity
- * @return int The number of instances
+ * Returns the value of a field by field name.
+ * @param aFieldName The name of the field
+ * @return value of the field
*/
- public int getInstances() {
- return instances;
- }
+ public String getFieldValue(String aFieldName);
- protected void throwStorageObjectException (Exception e, String wo) throws StorageObjectException {
- theLog.printError( e.toString() + " Funktion: "+ wo);
- throw new StorageObjectException("Storage Object Exception in entity" +e.toString());
- }
+ public boolean hasFieldValue(String aFieldName);
- /**
- * Frees an instance
+ /** Returns whether fieldName is a valid field name of this Entity.
*/
- /*public void finalize () {
- instances--;
- Integer i = new Integer(instances);
- System.err.println("Removing abstract entity instance: "+i.toString());
- try {
- super.finalize();
- } catch (Throwable t) {
- System.err.println(t.toString());
- }
- }*/
-
-
- // Now implements freemarkers TemplateHashModel
- // two methods have to be overridden:
- // 1. public boolean isEmpty() throws TemplateModelException
- // 2. public TemplateModel get(java.lang.String key) throws TemplateModelException
-
- public boolean isEmpty() throws TemplateModelException
- {
- return (theValuesHash==null || theValuesHash.isEmpty()) ? true : false;
- }
-
- public TemplateModel get(java.lang.String key) throws TemplateModelException
- {
- return new SimpleScalar(getValue(key));
- }
-
- public void put(java.lang.String key, TemplateModel model)
- {
- // putting should only take place via setValue and is limited to the
- // database fields associated with the entity. no additional freemarker
- // stuff will be available via Entity.
- theLog.printWarning("### put is called on entity! - the values will be lost!");
- }
-
- public void remove(java.lang.String key)
- {
- // do we need this?
- }
-
-
- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-
+ public boolean hasField(String aFieldName) throws DatabaseFailure;
}