How to use

org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying.CloneCopyPolicy

constructor

/**
 * PUBLIC:
 * Specifies that the creation of clones within a unit of work is done by
 * sending the cloneMethodName method to the original object. This method
 * must return a logical shallow copy of the original object.
 * This can be used if the default mechanism of creating a new instance
 * does not handle the object's non-persistent attributes correctly.
 *
 * @see #useCloneCopyPolicy()
 */
public void useCloneCopyPolicy(String cloneMethodName) {
  CloneCopyPolicy policy = new CloneCopyPolicy();
  policy.setMethodName(cloneMethodName);
  setCopyPolicy(policy);
}

/**
 * PUBLIC:
 * Specifies that the creation of clones within a unit of work is done by
 * sending the cloneMethodName method to the original object. This method
 * must return a logical shallow copy of the original object.
 * This can be used if the default mechanism of creating a new instance
 * does not handle the object's non-persistent attributes correctly.
 *
 * @see #useCloneCopyPolicy()
 */
public void useCloneCopyPolicy(String cloneMethodName) {
  CloneCopyPolicy policy = new CloneCopyPolicy();
  policy.setMethodName(cloneMethodName);
  setCopyPolicy(policy);
}

/**
 * PUBLIC:
 * Specifies that the creation of clones within a unit of work is done by
 * sending the cloneMethodName method to the original object. This method
 * must return a logical shallow copy of the original object.
 * This can be used if the default mechanism of creating a new instance
 * does not handle the object's non-persistent attributes correctly.
 *
 * @see #useCloneCopyPolicy()
 */
public void useCloneCopyPolicy(String cloneMethodName) {
  CloneCopyPolicy policy = new CloneCopyPolicy();
  policy.setMethodName(cloneMethodName);
  setCopyPolicy(policy);
}

/**
 * INTERNAL:
 */
public CopyPolicy getCopyPolicy() {
  if (methodName == null && workingCopyMethodName == null){
    throw ValidationException.copyPolicyMustSpecifyEitherMethodOrWorkingCopyMethod(getLocation());
  }
  
  CloneCopyPolicy copyPolicy = new CloneCopyPolicy();
  copyPolicy.setMethodName(methodName);
  copyPolicy.setWorkingCopyMethodName(workingCopyMethodName);
  return copyPolicy;
}