de.hybris.platform.servicelayer.internal.model

Interface ModelSearchStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultItemModelSearchStrategy

public interface ModelSearchStrategy

This interface describes strategy for searching model instances by example model. Currently only used in ModelService.getByExample(Object).

Example:
ProductModel exampleProduct = new ProductModel(); exampleProduct.setCode("test"); ModelConverter converter = defaultModelService.getModelConverterByModel(exampleProduct); ProductModel foundProduct = defaultItemModelSearchStrategy.getModelByExample(converter,exampleProduct);

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> T	getModelByExample(ModelConverter conv, T example) Search for an existing model by a given (not saved) example model.
<T> List<T>	getModelsByExample(ModelConverter conv, T example) Search for an existing models by a given (not saved) example model.

Method Detail

getModelByExample

<T> T getModelByExample(ModelConverter conv,
                        T example)

Search for an existing model by a given (not saved) example model. Every modified attribute in this example is used as search parameter.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the model and the type of the search result. Can be the same type or a subtype.

Parameters:

example - the example model

conv - the model converter

Returns:

the search result as object(model)

Throws:

ModelNotFoundException - if nothing was found

AmbiguousIdentifierException - if by the given searchparams to many models where found

getModelsByExample

<T> List<T> getModelsByExample(ModelConverter conv,
                               T example)

Search for an existing models by a given (not saved) example model. Every modified attribute in this example is used as search parameter.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the model and the type of the search result. Can be the same type or a subtype.

Parameters:

example - the example model

conv - the model converter

Returns:

list containing zero or more models

Throws:

ModelNotFoundException - if nothing was found