EntityStoreUnitOfWork.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2009, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved.
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package org.qi4j.spi.entitystore;

import org.qi4j.api.entity.EntityDescriptor;
import org.qi4j.api.entity.EntityReference;
import org.qi4j.spi.entity.EntityState;

/**
 * EntityStore UnitOfWork.
 */
public interface EntityStoreUnitOfWork
{
    String identity();

    long currentTime();

    /**
     * Create new EntityState for a given identity.
     * <p/>
     * This should only create the EntityState and not insert it into any database, since that should occur during
     * the {@link EntityStoreUnitOfWork#applyChanges()} call.
     *
     * @param anIdentity       the identity of the entity
     * @param entityDescriptor entity descriptor
     *
     * @return The new entity state.
     *
     * @throws EntityStoreException Thrown if creational fails.
     */
    EntityState newEntityState( EntityReference anIdentity, EntityDescriptor entityDescriptor )
        throws EntityStoreException;

    /**
     * Get the EntityState for a given identity. Throws {@link EntityNotFoundException}
     * if the entity with given {@code anIdentity} is not found.
     *
     * @param anIdentity The entity identity. This argument must not be {@code null}.
     *
     * @return Entity state given the composite descriptor and identity.
     *
     * @throws EntityStoreException    thrown if retrieval failed.
     * @throws EntityNotFoundException if requested entity does not exist
     */
    EntityState entityStateOf( EntityReference anIdentity )
        throws EntityStoreException, EntityNotFoundException;

    StateCommitter applyChanges()
        throws EntityStoreException;

    void discard();
}