These collection of methods will give you information about the currently loaded entity or the entity class itself.

Returns the key (id field) of a given entity, either simple or composite keys.

• If the key is a simple pk then it will return a string, if it is a composite key then it returns an array.

• If the key cannot be identified then a blank string is returned.

Returns

• This function returns any

Arguments

Examples

var pkField = ormService.getKey( "User" );

Get an array of property names that that have been changed from the original loaded session state.

Returns

• An array of property names

Arguments

Examples

if( ormService.isDirty( entity ) ){
    // The values have been modified
    log.debug( "entity values modified", ormService.getDirtyPropertyNames( entity ) );
}

Returns the table name of the passed in entity

Returns

• This function returns string

Arguments

Examples

var persistedTable = ormService.getTableName( "Category" );

Verifies if the passed in entity has dirty values or not since loaded from the database.

Returns

• This function returns true if the entity values have been changed since loaded into the hibernate session, else false

Arguments

Examples

if( ormService.isDirty( entity ) ){
    // The values have been modified
    log.debug( "entity values modified", ormService.getDirtyPropertyNames( entity ) );
}

Get the unique identifier value for the passed in entity, or null if the instance is not in session

Returns

• This function returns any

Arguments

Examples

var pkValue = ormService.getKeyValue( "User" );

This method will return to you the hibernate's metadata for a specific entity.

Returns

• The Hibernate Java ClassMetadata Object (https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/3.5/javadocs/org/hibernate/metadata/ClassMetadata.html)

Arguments

Examples

var md = ORMService.getEntityMetadata( entity );

Returns the persisted Property Names of the entity in array format

Returns

• This function returns array

Arguments

Examples

var properties = ormService.getPropertyNames("User");

Returns the entity name from a given entity object via session lookup or if new object via metadata lookup

Returns

• This function returns string

Arguments

Examples

Refresh the state of an entity or array of entities from the database

Returns

• This function returns back the BaseORMService (this)

Arguments

Examples