org.axonframework.modelling.command.inspection

Interface ChildEntityDefinition

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChildEntityDefinition, AggregateMemberAnnotatedChildEntityCollectionDefinition, AggregateMemberAnnotatedChildEntityDefinition, AggregateMemberAnnotatedChildEntityMapDefinition

public interface ChildEntityDefinition

Interface describing the definition of a Child Entity. These definitions are automatically detected by the AnnotatedAggregateMetaModelFactory if the definition's implementations is registered in the META-INF/services/org.axonframework.modelling.command.inspection.ChildEntityDefinition file.

See Also:

ServiceLoader

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> Optional<ChildEntity<T>>	createChildDefinition(Field field, EntityModel<T> declaringEntity) Inspect the given field, which is declared on the given declaringEntity for the presence of a Child Entity.

Method Detail

createChildDefinition

<T> Optional<ChildEntity<T>> createChildDefinition(Field field,
                                                   EntityModel<T> declaringEntity)

Inspect the given field, which is declared on the given declaringEntity for the presence of a Child Entity.

Type Parameters:

T - The type of entity on which the field is declared

Parameters:

field - The field potentially containing a Child entity

declaringEntity - The entity model declaring the field

Returns:

an optional that resolved to a ChildEntity if the field represents a child.