interface |
Inputable |
These entities can be entered as certain input formats which are handled automatically
and translated into entity objects (of the type defined by Sampleable)
If you want to define the way the input is translated instead of using the internal methods
then use InputTranslatable
NOTE: By default all entity view requests go through to the available access providers:
EntityViewAccessProvider or HttpServletAccessProvider |
interface |
InputTranslatable |
Allows this entity to define the way to translate data for a reference
into an entity object depending on the format requested,
if you just want to use the internal methods to handle formatting the input
into an entity then simply use Inputable
NOTE: throwing FormatUnsupportedException will pass control over to the internal
handlers for formatting, if you want to stop the request for this format type entirely then
throw an IllegalStateException and the processing will be halted |
interface |
Outputable |
These entities can be returned as certain output formats which are handled automatically
If you want to define the data that is returned instead of using the internal methods
then use OutputFormattable
NOTE: By default all entity view requests go through to the available access providers:
EntityViewAccessProvider or HttpServletAccessProvider
NOTE: there is no internal handling of HTML, it will always redirect to the the available access provider
if there is one (if there is not one then the entity will be toStringed) |
interface |
OutputFormattable |
Allows this entity to define the output data format for a reference
or a list of entity objects depending on the format requested,
if you just want to use the internal methods to handle formatting the output
then simply use Outputable
NOTE: throwing FormatUnsupportedException will pass control over to the internal
handlers for formatting, if you want to stop the request for this format type entirely then
throw an IllegalStateException and the processing will be halted |
interface |
OutputSerializable |
Allows this entity to better control the data that is going to be output by
allowing it to intercept the entities and return them as whatever objects
which should be serialized for output,
if you just want to use the internal methods to handle formatting the output
then simply use Outputable |
interface |
RESTful |
Indicates that entities handled by this provider are RESTful as defined by the REST microformat:
http://microformats.org/wiki/rest/urls
Requires all CRUD functionality, Collection handling, HTML handling, and ability to support output formats
This is mostly a convenience interface to make sure that everything needed to support REST has been
implemented, it also includes the marker to indicate that RESTful URLs should work for entities of this type |