io.jmix.core

Interface EntityAttributeImportExtension

public interface EntityAttributeImportExtension

An extension point for the entity import mechanism. The mechanism is implemented in the EntityImportExport bean.

Such beans can be useful for defining specific logic for importing value of MetaProperty. The supported MetaProperty is determined by the supports(MetaProperty) method.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	importEntityAttribute(MetaProperty property, java.lang.Object srcEntity, java.lang.Object dstEntity) Imports the entity attribute.
boolean	supports(MetaProperty property) Checks whether the extension supports the given meta property

Method Detail

supports

boolean supports(MetaProperty property)

Checks whether the extension supports the given meta property

Parameters:

property - a meta property

Returns:

true if the extension supports the given meta property, or false otherwise

importEntityAttribute

void importEntityAttribute(MetaProperty property,
                           java.lang.Object srcEntity,
                           java.lang.Object dstEntity)

Imports the entity attribute.

Parameters:

property - a meta property

srcEntity - entity that came to the EntityImportExport bean

dstEntity - reloaded srcEntity or new entity instance if srcEntity doesn't exist in the database