org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.CachedEntityMatcher Maven / Gradle / Ivy
The newest version!
package org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence;
import org.activiti.engine.api.internal.Internal;
import org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.cache.CachedEntity;
import org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.Entity;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Interface to express a condition whether or not a cached entity should be used in the return result of a query.
*
*/
@Internal
public interface CachedEntityMatcher {
/**
* Returns true if an entity from the cache should be retained (i.e. used as return result for a query).
*
* Most implementations of this interface probably don't need this method,
* and should extend the simpler {@link CachedEntityMatcherAdapter}, which hides this method.
*
* Note that the databaseEntities collection can be null, in case only the cache is checked.
*/
boolean isRetained(Collection databaseEntities, Collection cachedEntities, EntityImpl entity, Object param);
}