EntityMergeService

All Known Implementing Classes:: EntityMergeServiceImpl

public interface EntityMergeService

Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

void

mergeEntity(Object a, Object b)

This method merges entities (mostly AbstractNode types) using EntityMergeHookers

Method Details
- mergeEntity
  
  void mergeEntity(Object a, Object b) throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException
  
  This method merges entities (mostly AbstractNode types) using EntityMergeHookers
  
  Parameters:
  
  a - The object to be merged into
  
  b - The object with the target values
  
  Throws:
  
  IllegalAccessException - if the merging of fields failed
  
  IllegalArgumentException - if no hooker applicable to classes of a and b was found