Package com.googlecode.objectify.impl.ref

Class DeadRef<T>

java.lang.Object

com.googlecode.objectify.Ref<T>

com.googlecode.objectify.impl.ref.DeadRef<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<Ref<T>>

public class DeadRef<T>
extends Ref<T>

Implementation of Ref which is disconnected from the live system; for example, this will be used if a Ref gets serialized or deserialized.

Author:

Jeff Schnitzer

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.googlecode.objectify.Ref

key

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	DeadRef()	For GWT serialization
	DeadRef(Key<T> key)	Create a Ref based on the key
	DeadRef(Key<T> key, T value)	Create a Ref based on the key and value

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
T	get()	Obtain the entity value associated with the key.
boolean	isLoaded()	If an entity has been loaded into the session or is otherwise available, this will return true.

Methods inherited from class com.googlecode.objectify.Ref

compareTo, create, create, equals, equivalent, equivalent, getKey, getValue, hashCode, key, safe, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

DeadRef

protected DeadRef()

For GWT serialization

DeadRef

public DeadRef(Key<T> key)

Create a Ref based on the key

DeadRef

public DeadRef(Key<T> key,
 T value)

Create a Ref based on the key and value

Method Details

get

public T get()

Description copied from class: Ref

Obtain the entity value associated with the key. Will pull from session if present, otherwise will fetch from the datastore.

Specified by:

get in class Ref<T>

Returns:

the entity referenced, or null if the entity was not found

isLoaded

public boolean isLoaded()

Description copied from class: Ref

If an entity has been loaded into the session or is otherwise available, this will return true. Calls to get() will not require a trip to backing store. Note that even when loaded, get() can still return null if there is no entity which corresponds to the key.

Specified by:

isLoaded in class Ref<T>

Returns:

true if the value is in the session or otherwise immediately available; false if get() will require a trip to the datastore or memcache.