com.fatwire.services.beans
Class ServiceBean<T>

java.lang.Object
  com.fatwire.services.beans.BaseBean
      com.fatwire.services.beans.ServiceBean<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of the entity encapsulated into this.

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PermissionBean

public class ServiceBean<T>
extends BaseBean

This class is a generic abstraction for a value object returned from a service.

All services must use this bean to wrap object entities that they want to return. The response object provides the following information:

1. a response object providing the success or error condition, along with localized messages and a status code
2. an optional typed entity, which is customized to hold further information specific to the service for which this bean behaves as a value object.

See Also:

ServiceResponse, PermissionBean, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected T	entity Entity associated with this service bean.
protected ServiceResponse	response Response object associated with this service bean.

Constructor Summary

ServiceBean()

Method Summary

T	getEntity() Returns the entity associated with this value object.
ServiceResponse	getResponse() Returns the response object associated with this value object.
void	setEntity(T entity) Sets the entity associated with this value object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

response

protected final ServiceResponse response

Response object associated with this service bean.

entity

protected T entity

Entity associated with this service bean.

Constructor Detail

ServiceBean

public ServiceBean()

Method Detail

getResponse

public ServiceResponse getResponse()

Returns the response object associated with this value object.

Returns:

the response object.

See Also:

ServiceResponse

setEntity

public void setEntity(T entity)

Sets the entity associated with this value object.

Typically the entity is used to hold extra information beyond the response, which will be specific to the service in which it is used.

Parameters:

entity - the entity to set into the value object.

getEntity

public T getEntity()

Returns the entity associated with this value object.

Typically the entity is used to hold extra information beyond the response, which will be specific to the service in which it is used.

Returns:

the entity associated with this value object.