DynamoDBEntityInformation.java

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package org.socialsignin.spring.data.dynamodb.repository.support;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.springframework.data.repository.core.EntityInformation;

/**
 * Encapsulates minimal information needed to load DynamoDB entities.
 * 
 * As a minimum, provides access to hash-key related metadata.
 * 
 * Implementing classes can elect to be either range-key aware or not. If a
 * subclass is not range-key aware it should return null from getRangeKey(ID id)
 * method, and return false from isRangeKeyAware and
 * isCompositeHashAndRangeKeyProperty methods
 * 
 * @author Michael Lavelle
 */
public interface DynamoDBEntityInformation<T, ID extends Serializable> extends EntityInformation<T, ID>,
		DynamoDBHashKeyExtractingEntityMetadata<T> {

	boolean isRangeKeyAware();

	boolean isCompositeHashAndRangeKeyProperty(String propertyName);

	Object getHashKey(ID id);

	Object getRangeKey(ID id);


}