org.hibernate.jpa.event.spi

Interface Callback

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface Callback
extends Serializable

Represents a JPA event callback (the method). Generally there are 2 flavors of this; either an annotated method on the entity itself or an annotated method on a separate "listener" class. This contract presents a unified abstraction for both cases

Author:

Kabir Khan, Steve Ebersole

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
CallbackType	getCallbackType() The type of callback (pre-update, pre-persist, etc) handled
boolean	performCallback(Object entity) Contract for performing the callback

Method Detail

getCallbackType

CallbackType getCallbackType()

The type of callback (pre-update, pre-persist, etc) handled

performCallback

boolean performCallback(Object entity)

Contract for performing the callback

Parameters:

entity - Reference to the entity for which the callback is triggered.

Returns:

Did a callback actually happen?