org.odata4j.core
Interface OEntity

All Superinterfaces:

OEntityId, OExtensible<OEntity>, OObject, OStructuralObject

public interface OEntity
extends OEntityId, OStructuralObject, OExtensible<OEntity>

An immutable OData entity instance, consisting of an identity (an entity-set and a unique entity-key within that set), properties (typed, named values), and links (references to other entities).

The OEntities static factory class can be used to create OEntity instances.

See Also:

OEntities

Method Summary

EdmEntitySet	getEntitySet() Gets the entity-set of this instance.
String	getEntityTag() An optional opaque token used for concurrency control.
EdmEntityType	getEntityType() Gets the entity type of this instance.
<T extends OLink> T	getLink(String title, Class<T> linkClass) Gets a link with a given name and link-type.
List<OLink>	getLinks() Gets all links of this instance.

Methods inherited from interface org.odata4j.core.OEntityId

getEntityKey, getEntitySetName

Methods inherited from interface org.odata4j.core.OStructuralObject

getProperties, getProperty, getProperty

Methods inherited from interface org.odata4j.core.OObject

getType

Methods inherited from interface org.odata4j.core.OExtensible

findExtension

Method Detail

getEntitySet

EdmEntitySet getEntitySet()

Gets the entity-set of this instance.

Returns:

the entity-set

getEntityTag

String getEntityTag()

An optional opaque token used for concurrency control.

Returns:

the entity-tag

getEntityType

EdmEntityType getEntityType()

Gets the entity type of this instance. This will either be the declared entity type of the entity set associated with this instance *or* a sub-type of that entity type.

Returns:

the entity-type

getLink

<T extends OLink> T getLink(String title,
                            Class<T> linkClass)

Gets a link with a given name and link-type.

Type Parameters:

T - the link-type as a java-type

Parameters:

title - the link title

linkClass - the link-type as a java-type

Returns:

the link strongly-typed as the java-type

getLinks

List<OLink> getLinks()

Gets all links of this instance.

Returns:

the links