eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.utility

Class DerivedUnitConverter<TARGET extends DerivedUnit>

java.lang.Object

eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.utility.DerivedUnitConverter<TARGET>

public class DerivedUnitConverter<TARGET extends DerivedUnit>
extends java.lang.Object

Since:

Jun 23, 2017

Author:

a.kohlbecker

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DerivedUnitConverter(DerivedUnit source)
DerivedUnitConverter(SpecimenTypeDesignation specimenTypeDesignation)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SpecimenTypeDesignation	convertTo(java.lang.Class<TARGET> targetType, SpecimenOrObservationType recordBasis) converts the source DerivedUnit this converter has been created for into a DerivedUnit of the type TARGET.
boolean	isSuppoprtedType(java.lang.Class<TARGET> targetType)
DerivedUnit	oldDerivedUnit() Returns the derived unit which was the source entity for the conversion.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DerivedUnitConverter

public DerivedUnitConverter(DerivedUnit source)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

Parameters:

specimenTypeDesignation -

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

DerivedUnitConverter

public DerivedUnitConverter(SpecimenTypeDesignation specimenTypeDesignation)

Parameters:

specimenTypeDesignation -

Method Detail

convertTo

public SpecimenTypeDesignation convertTo(java.lang.Class<TARGET> targetType,
                                         SpecimenOrObservationType recordBasis)
                                  throws DerivedUnitConversionException

converts the source DerivedUnit this converter has been created for into a DerivedUnit of the type TARGET. If the source instance was persisted the target instance will also be written into data base and the source is deleted from there.

Parameters:

targetType -

recordBasis -

Throws:

DerivedUnitConversionException

isSuppoprtedType

public boolean isSuppoprtedType(java.lang.Class<TARGET> targetType)

Parameters:

targetType -

Returns:

oldDerivedUnit

public DerivedUnit oldDerivedUnit()

Returns the derived unit which was the source entity for the conversion. You may want to delete this entity after the conversion if this makes sense in the context of the actual use case. By this you can avoid orphan derived units and type designations.