| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 1998, 2019 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Oracle - initial API and implementation from Oracle TopLink |
| package org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.changesets; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * <p> |
| * <b>Purpose</b>: Define the base Change Record API. |
| * <p> |
| * <b>Description</b>: This interface is meant to clarify the public protocol into TopLink. |
| * It provides access into the information available from the TopLink Change Set |
| * <p> |
| * <b>Responsibilities</b>: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li> Define the API for ChangeRecord. |
| * </ul> |
| */ |
| public interface ChangeRecord { |
| |
| /** |
| * ADVANCED: |
| * Returns the name of the attribute this ChangeRecord Represents |
| * @return java.lang.String |
| */ |
| String getAttribute(); |
| |
| /** |
| * ADVANCED: |
| * This method returns the ObjectChangeSet that references this ChangeRecord |
| * @return org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.changesets.ObjectChangeSet |
| */ |
| ObjectChangeSet getOwner(); |
| |
| /** |
| * ADVANCED: |
| * If the owning UnitOfWork has shouldChangeRecordKeepOldValue set to true, |
| * then return the old value of the attribute represented by this ChangeRecord. |
| */ |
| Object getOldValue(); |
| } |