Contact.java

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package com.cathive.fx.apps.contacts.model;

import com.cathive.fx.apps.contacts.model.converter.ImageConverter;
import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;

import javax.persistence.*;
import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * @author Benjamin P. Jung
 */
@Entity
@Table(name = "contact")
@DiscriminatorColumn(name = "type", discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.CHAR)
@DiscriminatorValue(value = "?")
@Inheritance(strategy=InheritanceType.JOINED)
public abstract class Contact extends AbstractEntity
                              implements Serializable {

    /** @see java.io.Serializable */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    // <editor-fold desc="Property: photo">
    public static final String PHOTO_PROPERTY = "photo";
    private final ObjectProperty<Image> photo = new SimpleObjectProperty<>(this, PHOTO_PROPERTY);
    public ObjectProperty<Image> photoProperty() {
        return this.photo;
    }
    @Column(name = "photo_data")
    @Convert(converter = ImageConverter.class)
    public Image getPhoto() {
        return this.photo.get();
    }
    public void setPhoto(final Image photo) {
        this.photo.set(photo);
    }
    // </editor-fold>


    public Contact() {
        super();
    }


    @Transient
    public abstract ContactType getType();

    public static <T extends Contact> T create(final Class<T> contactType) {
        final T contact;
        try {
            contact = contactType.newInstance();
        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
        }
        return contact;
    }

}