oracle.toplink.changesets
Interface CollectionChangeRecord

All Superinterfaces:

ChangeRecord

public interface CollectionChangeRecord
extends ChangeRecord

Purpose: This interface defines the API for the changeRecord that maintains the changes made to a collection attribute of an object.

Description: The CollectionChangeRecord stores a list of objects removed from the collection and a seperate list of objects added to a collection

Method Summary

oracle.toplink.internal.helper.IdentityHashtable	getAddObjectList() ADVANCED: This method returns the IdentityHashtable that contains the added values to the collection and their corresponding ChangeSets.
oracle.toplink.internal.helper.IdentityHashtable	getRemoveObjectList() ADVANCED: This method returns the IdentityHashtable that contains the removed values from the collection and their corresponding ChangeSets.
boolean	hasChanges() ADVANCED: This method returns true if the change set has changes

Methods inherited from interface oracle.toplink.changesets.ChangeRecord

getAttribute, getOwner

Method Detail

getAddObjectList

oracle.toplink.internal.helper.IdentityHashtable getAddObjectList()

ADVANCED: This method returns the IdentityHashtable that contains the added values to the collection and their corresponding ChangeSets.

Returns:

java.util.Vector

getRemoveObjectList

oracle.toplink.internal.helper.IdentityHashtable getRemoveObjectList()

ADVANCED: This method returns the IdentityHashtable that contains the removed values from the collection and their corresponding ChangeSets.

Returns:

java.util.Vector

hasChanges

boolean hasChanges()

ADVANCED: This method returns true if the change set has changes

Returns:

boolean