Interface UpdateSpecification<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The entity type which is the target of the mutation.

All Superinterfaces:

MutationSpecification<T>, QuerySpecification<T>

@Incubating
public interface UpdateSpecification<T>
extends MutationSpecification<T>

Specialization of MutationSpecification for programmatic customization of update queries.

The method assign(Assignment) allows application of additional assignments to the mutated entity. The static factory methods of Assignment are used to express assignments to attributes or compound paths.

UpdateSpecification.create(Book.class)
        .assign(Assignment.set(Book_.title, newTitle))
        .restrict(Restriction.equal(Book_.isbn, isbn))
        .createQuery(session)
        .executeUpdate();

Since:

7.2

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface MutationSpecification

MutationSpecification.Augmentation<T>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
UpdateSpecification<T>	assign(Assignment<? super T> assignment)	Add an assigment to a field or property of the target entity.
UpdateSpecification<T>	augment(MutationSpecification.Augmentation<T> augmentation)	Add an augmentation to the specification.
static <T> UpdateSpecification<T>	create(CriteriaUpdate<T> criteriaUpdate)	Returns a specification reference which can be used to programmatically, iteratively build a MutationQuery based on the given criteria update, allowing the addition of restrictions and assignments.
static <T> UpdateSpecification<T>	create(Class<T> targetEntityClass)	Returns a specification reference which can be used to programmatically, iteratively build a MutationQuery which updates the given entity type.
UpdateSpecification<T>	reassign(List<? extends Assignment<? super T>> assignments)	Sets the assignments to fields or properties of the target entity.
UpdateSpecification<T>	restrict(Restriction<? super T> restriction)	Adds a restriction to the query specification.
UpdateSpecification<T>	validate(CriteriaBuilder builder)	Validate the query.

Methods inherited from interface MutationSpecification

createQuery, createQuery, reference

Methods inherited from interface QuerySpecification

buildCriteria, createQuery

Method Details

assign

UpdateSpecification<T> assign(Assignment<? super T> assignment)

Add an assigment to a field or property of the target entity.

Parameters:

assignment - The assignment to add

Returns:

this for method chaining.

reassign

UpdateSpecification<T> reassign(List<? extends Assignment<? super T>> assignments)

Sets the assignments to fields or properties of the target entity. If assignments were already specified, this method drops the previous assignments in favor of the passed assignments.

Parameters:

assignments - The new assignments

Returns:

this for method chaining.

restrict

UpdateSpecification<T> restrict(Restriction<? super T> restriction)

Description copied from interface: QuerySpecification

Adds a restriction to the query specification.

Specified by:

restrict in interface MutationSpecification<T>

Specified by:

restrict in interface QuerySpecification<T>

Parameters:

restriction - The restriction predicate to be added.

Returns:

this for method chaining.

augment

UpdateSpecification<T> augment(MutationSpecification.Augmentation<T> augmentation)

Description copied from interface: MutationSpecification

Add an augmentation to the specification.

Specified by:

augment in interface MutationSpecification<T>

Parameters:

augmentation - A function capable of modifying or augmenting a criteria query.

Returns:

this for method chaining.

validate

UpdateSpecification<T> validate(CriteriaBuilder builder)

Description copied from interface: QuerySpecification

Validate the query.

Specified by:

validate in interface MutationSpecification<T>

Specified by:

validate in interface QuerySpecification<T>

Returns:

this if everything is fine

create

static <T> UpdateSpecification<T> create(Class<T> targetEntityClass)

Returns a specification reference which can be used to programmatically, iteratively build a MutationQuery which updates the given entity type.

Type Parameters:

T - The root entity type for the mutation (the "target").

Parameters:

targetEntityClass - The target entity type

create

static <T> UpdateSpecification<T> create(CriteriaUpdate<T> criteriaUpdate)

Returns a specification reference which can be used to programmatically, iteratively build a MutationQuery based on the given criteria update, allowing the addition of restrictions and assignments.

Type Parameters:

T - The root entity type for the mutation (the "target").

Parameters:

criteriaUpdate - The criteria update query