org.springframework.data.convert

Interface EntityInstantiator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReflectionEntityInstantiator

public interface EntityInstantiator

SPI to abstract strategies to create instances for PersistentEntities.

Author:

Oliver Gierke

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T,E extends PersistentEntity<? extends T,P>,P extends PersistentProperty<P>> T	createInstance(E entity, ParameterValueProvider<P> provider) Creates a new instance of the given entity using the given source to pull data from.

Method Detail

createInstance

<T,E extends PersistentEntity<? extends T,P>,P extends PersistentProperty<P>> T createInstance(E entity,
                                                                                             ParameterValueProvider<P> provider)

Creates a new instance of the given entity using the given source to pull data from.

Parameters:

entity - will not be null.

provider - will not be null.

Returns: