cdmlib-persistence/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/persistence/dao/AutoPropertyInitializer.java

   1 // $Id$
   2 /**
   3 * Copyright (C) 2009 EDIT
   4 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   5 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   6 *
   7 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   8 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   9 */
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao;
  11
  12 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
  13
  14 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.CdmBase;
  15
  16 /**
  17  * @author a.kohlbecker
  18  * @date 30.07.2010
  19  *
  20  */
  21 public abstract class AutoPropertyInitializer<T extends CdmBase> {
  22
  23     @Autowired
  24     protected IBeanInitializer beanInitializer;
  25
  26
  27     /**
  28      * Implement this method to initialize associated entities of the supplied beans.
  29      * <p>
  30      * For initializing collections of cdm entity bean it is recommended to
  31      * use {@link IBeanInitializer#initializeInstance(Object)}.<br>
  32      * <b>WARNING</b>: You must NOT use {@link IBeanInitializer#initialize(Object, java.util.List)}
  33      * or {@link IBeanInitializer#initializeAll(java.util.List, java.util.List)} otherwise you risk
  34      * to get StackOverflowExceptions.
  35      *
  36      * @param bean the cdm entity bean to process
  37      */
  38     public abstract void initialize(T bean);
  39
  40 }