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*
* Copyright (c) 2006-2017, Speedment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); You may not
* use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
* the License at:
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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*/
package com.speedment.runtime.field.method;
import java.util.function.BiFunction;
/**
* A short-cut functional reference to the {@code setXXX(value)} method for a
* particular field in an entity. The referenced method should return a
* reference to itself.
* <p>
* A {@code ReferenceSetter<ENTITY, V>} has the following signature:
* {@code
* interface ENTITY {
* ENTITY setXXX(V value);
* }
* }
*
* @param <ENTITY> the entity
* @param <V> the type of the value to be set
*
* @author Emil Forslund
* @since 2.2.0
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface ReferenceSetter<ENTITY, V>
extends Setter<ENTITY>, BiFunction<ENTITY, V, ENTITY> {
@Override
default ENTITY set(ENTITY entity, Object value) throws ClassCastException {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
final V casted = (V) value;
return apply(entity, casted);
}
}