Package com.broadleafcommerce.data.tracking.core

Interface BasicAuditUtility

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultBasicAuditUtility
public interface BasicAuditUtility
Developer utility for working with basic audit information for entities.
See Also:

  • Method Details

    • setUpdateInformation

      void setUpdateInformation(@Nullable String author, BasicAuditable auditable)
      Given an entity instance, set the update portion of BasicAuditable. Usually leveraged as part of another flow that is mutating and persisting an entity.
      Parameters:
      author - The creator of the update based on the authentication principal
      auditable - The entity instance that exposes basic audit fields

    • setUpdateInformation

      void setUpdateInformation(@Nullable String author, BasicAuditable auditable, @Nullable BasicAuditable example)
      Given an entity instance, set the update portion of BasicAuditable. Usually leveraged as part of another flow that is mutating and persisting an entity.
      Parameters:
      author - The creator of the update based on the authentication principal
      auditable - The entity instance that exposes basic audit fields
      example - a BasicAuditable instance from which to derive the update date for the touch. The operation will only complete if the example update or creation date is newer than the update date already on the target.

    • setCreateInformation

      void setCreateInformation(@Nullable String author, BasicAuditable auditable)
      Given an entity instance, set the create portion of BasicAuditable. Usually leveraged as part of another flow that is mutating and persisting an entity.
      Parameters:
      author - The creator of the update based on the authentication principal
      auditable - The entity instance that exposes basic audit fields

    • touch

      <D extends Trackable> D touch(@Nullable ContextInfo contextInfo, String contextId, Class<D> repositoryEntityType, @Nullable Trackable example)
      Set the update portion of a BasicAuditable identified by the type and contextId, and then persist that change. This update also does not create sandbox state as a normal service operation might. The update here merely alters the persisted state of the entity found without further direct catalog propagation or sandbox support.

      This method is generally used to arbitrarily mark entity instances as updated - usually in response to another entity update by the system. Most commonly, it is a response to an update of a subordinate entity, when the desire is to also mark a parent entity as updated (even though it was not itself directly impacted). For example, it may be desirable to touch a Customer entity when a related CustomerAddress instance is updated. Actions such as this are normally taken by listeners for the InternalPersistenceEvent.
      Type Parameters:
      D - The entity type
      Parameters:
      contextInfo - Represents context information regarding the current API request
      contextId - The Trackable id associated with the entity.
      repositoryEntityType - The class type for the entity
      example - a Trackable instance from which to derive the update date for the touch. The operation will only complete if the example update or creation date is newer than the update date already on the target.
      Returns:
      The updated and persisted entity instance
      Throws:
      EntityMissingException - Thrown if unable to find the requested entity