jpacallback.java

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package org.springframework.orm.jpa;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;

/**
 * Callback interface for JPA code. To be used with {@link JpaTemplate}'s
 * execution method, often as anonymous classes within a method implementation.
 * A typical implementation will call <code>EntityManager.find/merge</code>
 * to perform some operations on persistent objects.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 2.0
 * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate
 * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager
 */
public interface JpaCallback {

	/**
	 * Gets called by <code>JpaTemplate.execute</code> with an active
	 * JPA <code>EntityManager</code>. Does not need to care about activating
	 * or closing the <code>EntityManager</code>, or handling transactions.
	 *
	 * <p>Note that JPA callback code will not flush any modifications to the
	 * database if not executed within a transaction. Thus, you need to make
	 * sure that JpaTransactionManager has initiated a JPA transaction when
	 * the callback gets called, at least if you want to write to the database.
	 *
	 * <p>Allows for returning a result object created within the callback,
	 * i.e. a domain object or a collection of domain objects.
	 * A thrown custom RuntimeException is treated as an application exception:
	 * It gets propagated to the caller of the template.
	 *
	 * @param em active EntityManager
	 * @return a result object, or <code>null</code> if none
	 * @throws PersistenceException if thrown by the JPA API
	 * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate#execute
	 * @see org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTemplate#executeFind
	 */
	Object doInJpa(EntityManager em) throws PersistenceException;

}