org.molgenis.data.EntityReferenceCreator Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package org.molgenis.data;
import org.molgenis.data.meta.model.EntityType;
public interface EntityReferenceCreator {
/**
* Get an instance, whose state may be lazily fetched. If the requested instance does not exist in
* the repository, an UnknownEntityException is thrown when the instance state is
* first accessed.
*
* @param entityType entity meta data
* @param id entity identifier
* @return entity
*/
Entity getReference(EntityType entityType, Object id);
/**
* Get instances, whose state may be lazily fetched. If a requested instance does not exist in the
* repository, an UnknownEntityException is thrown when the instance state is first
* accessed.
*
* @param entityType entity meta data
* @param ids entity identifiers
* @return entities
*/
Iterable getReferences(EntityType entityType, Iterable ids);
}