org.axonframework.modelling.command

Annotation Type AggregateMember

@Documented
 @Target(value={FIELD,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface AggregateMember

Marker annotation for a field that references one or more Entities capable of handling Commands or Events. The annotation may be placed on a field referencing a single Entity, a field referencing a Collection of Entities, or a Map containing Entities mapped by their identifier.

If the annotation is placed on a Collection of Entities, an Entity is selected for Command handling based on the Entity's identifier and the value of the routing key property on the Command. See EntityId for more information.

If the annotation is placed on a Map of Entities, the key of the Map should be equal to the Entity's identifier. Note that Entities in the Map still need to specify which routing key to use. To that end Entities should contain a EntityId annotated identifier field. Usually it is advantageous in terms of performance to store Entities in a Map instead of Collection.

Note that if the designated Aggregate member has CommandHandler annotations to handle Command message, that those may not be placed on an non-root Entity's constructor.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Class<? extends ForwardingMode>	eventForwardingMode Indicates the forwarding mode used for events within this entity.
boolean	forwardCommands Indicates whether commands should be forwarded to this AggregateMember.
String	routingKey The property of the message to be used as a routing key towards this Aggregate Member.
Class<?>	type Provides the member's type.

Element Detail

forwardCommands

public abstract boolean forwardCommands

Indicates whether commands should be forwarded to this AggregateMember. Defaults to true.

Default:

true

eventForwardingMode

public abstract Class<? extends ForwardingMode> eventForwardingMode

Indicates the forwarding mode used for events within this entity. Defaults to ForwardToAll to forward all events to all entities referred to by the annotated field.

Default:

org.axonframework.modelling.command.ForwardToAll.class

routingKey

public abstract String routingKey

The property of the message to be used as a routing key towards this Aggregate Member. Defaults to "", which deeper down defaults to the EntityId annotated field or that annotation its routingKey property.

Default:

""

type

public abstract Class<?> type

Provides the member's type. By default the type of member is determined from the field's (generic) type.

Default:

java.lang.Void.class