Package org.hibernate.search.engine.backend.common.spi

Interface EntityReferenceFactory

public interface EntityReferenceFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EntityReference	createEntityReference(String typeName, Object identifier)
static EntityReference	safeCreateEntityReference(EntityReferenceFactory factory, String typeName, Object identifier, Consumer<Exception> exceptionSink)

Method Detail

createEntityReference

EntityReference createEntityReference(String typeName,
                                      Object identifier)

Parameters:

typeName - The name of the entity type.

identifier - The identifier of the entity.

Returns:

A reference to the entity.

Throws:

RuntimeException - If something goes wrong (exception while rendering an identifier, ...)

safeCreateEntityReference

static EntityReference safeCreateEntityReference(EntityReferenceFactory factory,
                                                 String typeName,
                                                 Object identifier,
                                                 Consumer<Exception> exceptionSink)

Parameters:

factory - The factory for entity references.

typeName - The name of the entity type.

identifier - The identifier of the entity.

exceptionSink - A sink for exceptions thrown during the execution of this method. Any exception thrown while creating the entity reference should be put into that sink and should not be propagated.

Returns:

A reference to the entity, or null if an exception was thrown while creating the entity reference.