org.h3t
Interface LoadService

public interface LoadService

The LoadService interface is used by the client side of the framework to load collections and entities from the server. The developer should provide a custom implementation of this interface unless the provided EJB (org.h3t.ejb.LoadServiceBean) is used.

Author:

Rob Worsnop

See Also:

LoadServiceFactory, org.h3t.ejb.LoadServiceBean, Loader

Method Summary

java.util.Collection	loadAssociatedCollection(java.lang.Object entity, org.h3t.util.SerializableField field) Loads a collection associated with an entity.
java.util.Collection	loadAssociatedCollection(java.lang.Object entity, org.h3t.util.SerializableMethod property) Loads a collection associated with an entity.
java.lang.Object	loadAssociatedEntity(java.lang.Object entity, org.h3t.util.SerializableField field) Loads a child entity associated with an entity.
java.lang.Object	loadAssociatedEntity(java.lang.Object entity, org.h3t.util.SerializableMethod property) Loads a child entity associated with an entity.

Method Detail

loadAssociatedCollection

java.util.Collection loadAssociatedCollection(java.lang.Object entity,
                                              org.h3t.util.SerializableMethod property)

Loads a collection associated with an entity.

Parameters:

entity - The entity associated with the collection to be loaded.

method - The method on the entity that returns the collection.

Returns:

The loaded collection.

loadAssociatedCollection

java.util.Collection loadAssociatedCollection(java.lang.Object entity,
                                              org.h3t.util.SerializableField field)

Loads a collection associated with an entity.

Parameters:

entity - The entity associated with the collection to be loaded.

field - The field on the entity by which the collection is accessed.

Returns:

The loaded collection.

loadAssociatedEntity

java.lang.Object loadAssociatedEntity(java.lang.Object entity,
                                      org.h3t.util.SerializableMethod property)

Loads a child entity associated with an entity.

Parameters:

entity - The parent of the child entity to be loaded.

method - The method on the entity that returns the child entity.

Returns:

The loaded child entity.

loadAssociatedEntity

java.lang.Object loadAssociatedEntity(java.lang.Object entity,
                                      org.h3t.util.SerializableField field)

Loads a child entity associated with an entity.

Parameters:

entity - The parent of the child entity to be loaded.

field - The field on the entity by which the child entity is accessed.

Returns:

The loaded child entity.