NameEntityService (spring-tool-extensions 2 API)

public interface NameEntityService<T extends io.github.astrapi69.data.nameable.Nameable>

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.List<T>`	`findEntities(java.lang.String nameValue)`	Find the entities objects from the given name value.
`default T`	`findFirst(java.lang.String nameValue)`	Find the entity object from the given name value.
`default T`	`getOrCreateNewNameEntity(java.lang.String value)`	Gets the or creates a new entity object
`T`	`merge(T object)`	Merges the given object.
`T`	`newNameEntity(java.lang.String value)`	Factory method for create a new name entity.

- Method Detail
  - findEntities
```
java.util.List<T> findEntities(java.lang.String nameValue)
```
    Find the entities objects from the given name value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    nameValue - the name value
    
    Returns:
    
    the list with the entities
  - findFirst
```
default T findFirst(java.lang.String nameValue)
```
    Find the entity object from the given name value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    nameValue - the name value
    
    Returns:
    
    the found entity object or null if not.
  - getOrCreateNewNameEntity
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@Transactional
default T getOrCreateNewNameEntity(java.lang.String value)
```
    Gets the or creates a new entity object
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value
    
    Returns:
    
    the entity object
  - merge
```
T merge(T object)
```
    Merges the given object. @see Hibernate documentation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object
    
    Returns:
    
    the object
  - newNameEntity
```
T newNameEntity(java.lang.String value)
```
    Factory method for create a new name entity.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value
    
    Returns:
    
    the new name entity