PreDeleteEvent (Hibernate JavaDocs)

java.lang.Object
- org.hibernate.event.spi.AbstractEvent
- - org.hibernate.event.spi.AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent
  - - org.hibernate.event.spi.PreDeleteEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, PermissionCheckEntityInformation
```
public class PreDeleteEvent
extends AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent
implements PermissionCheckEntityInformation
```
Represents a pre-delete event, which occurs just prior to performing the deletion of an entity from the database.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PreDeleteEvent(java.lang.Object entity, java.io.Serializable id, java.lang.Object[] deletedState, EntityPersister persister, EventSource source)`	Constructs an event containing the pertinent information.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

java.lang.Object[] getDeletedState()
Getter for property 'deletedState'.
- Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.event.spi.AbstractPreDatabaseOperationEvent
  getEntity, getEntityName, getId, getIdentifier, getPersister, getSource
- Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.event.spi.AbstractEvent
  getSession
- Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
  clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
- Methods inherited from interface org.hibernate.secure.spi.PermissionCheckEntityInformation
  getEntity, getEntityName, getIdentifier

- Constructor Detail
  - PreDeleteEvent
```
public PreDeleteEvent(java.lang.Object entity,
                      java.io.Serializable id,
                      java.lang.Object[] deletedState,
                      EntityPersister persister,
                      EventSource source)
```
    Constructs an event containing the pertinent information.
    
    Parameters:
    
    entity - The entity to be deleted.
    
    id - The id to use in the deletion.
    
    deletedState - The entity's state at deletion time.
    
    persister - The entity's persister.
    
    source - The session from which the event originated.
- Method Detail
  - getDeletedState
```
public java.lang.Object[] getDeletedState()
```
    Getter for property 'deletedState'. This is the entity state at the time of deletion (useful for optimistic locking and such).
    
    Returns:
    
    Value for property 'deletedState'.