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package com.univocity.api.config.builders;
import com.univocity.api.config.*;
import com.univocity.api.engine.*;
/**
* The InsertionWithMetadata configuration is obtained from a {@link PersistenceSetup} instance.
*
* It is used to define how the {@link DataIntegrationEngine}, with the assistance of metadata,
* should insert new records into the destination entity of an {@link EntityMapping} when executing a data mapping cycle.
*
* @see EntityMapping
* @see PersistenceSetup
* @see DataIntegrationEngine
* @see MetadataSettings
*
* @author uniVocity Software Pty Ltd - [email protected]
*
*/
public interface InsertionWithMetadata extends InsertionConfig {
/**
* Configures the {@link EntityMapping} to execute updates using any new records, mapped from the source entity, into the destination entity.
*
This is particularly useful when multiple {@link EntityMapping}s write to the same destination entity. One mapping can insert rows and the second one,
* using this configuration option, will then update these records with information extracted from another source.
*
*
This completes the configuration started with {@link EntityMapping#persistence()}.
*/
public void updateNewRows();
}