Interface MutabilityPlan<T>

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArrayMutabilityPlan, BlobJavaType.BlobMutabilityPlan, CalendarJavaType.CalendarMutabilityPlan, ClobJavaType.ClobMutabilityPlan, DateJavaType.DateMutabilityPlan, FormatMapperBasedJavaType, Immutability, ImmutableMutabilityPlan, ImmutableObjectArrayMutabilityPlan, JdbcDateJavaType.DateMutabilityPlan, JdbcTimeJavaType.TimeMutabilityPlan, JdbcTimestampJavaType.TimestampMutabilityPlan, JsonJavaType, MutableMutabilityPlan, NClobJavaType.NClobMutabilityPlan, SerializableJavaType.SerializableMutabilityPlan, XmlJavaType

public interface MutabilityPlan<T>
extends Serializable

Describes the mutability aspects of a given Java type.

Mutable values require special handling that is not necessary for immutable values:

• a mutable value must be cloned when taking a "snapshot" of the state of an entity for dirty-checking, and
• a mutable value requires more careful handling when the entity is disassembled for storage in destructured form in the second-level cache.

Neither is a requirement for correctness when dealing with an immutable object. But there might be other reasons why an immutable object requires custom implementations of disassemble(T, SharedSessionContract) and assemble(Serializable, SharedSessionContract).

For example:

• if the object is not serializable, we might convert it to a serializable format,
• if the object hold a reference to an entity, we must replace that reference with an identifier, or
• if the object hold a reference to some heavyweight resource, we must release it.

For an immutable type, it's not usually necessary to do anything special in deepCopy(T). The method can simply return its argument.

See Also:

• Mutability

API Note:

The term "mutability" refers to the fact that, in general, the aspects of the Java type described by this contract are determined by whether the Java type has mutable internal state.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@Nullable T	assemble(@Nullable Serializable cached, SharedSessionContract session)	Assemble a previously disassembled value.
@Nullable T	deepCopy(@Nullable T value)	Return a deep copy of the value.
@Nullable Serializable	disassemble(@Nullable T value, SharedSessionContract session)	Return a disassembled representation of the value.
boolean	isMutable()	Can the internal state of instances of T be changed?

Method Details

isMutable

boolean isMutable()

Can the internal state of instances of T be changed?

Returns:

True if the internal state can be changed; false otherwise.

deepCopy

@Nullable T deepCopy(@Nullable T value)

Return a deep copy of the value.

Parameters:

value - The value to deep copy

Returns:

The deep copy.

disassemble

@Nullable Serializable disassemble(@Nullable T value,
 SharedSessionContract session)

Return a disassembled representation of the value.

Called before storing a value in the second-level cache.

Complementary to assemble(Serializable, SharedSessionContract).

See Also:

• assemble(Serializable, SharedSessionContract)

assemble

@Nullable T assemble(@Nullable Serializable cached,
 SharedSessionContract session)

Assemble a previously disassembled value.

Called after reading a value from the second level cache.

Complementary to disassemble(T, SharedSessionContract).

See Also:

• disassemble(T, SharedSessionContract)