Spring Framework example source code file (EntityUtils.java)

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The Spring Framework EntityUtils.java source code

package org.springframework.samples.petclinic.util;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.springframework.orm.ObjectRetrievalFailureException;
import org.springframework.samples.petclinic.BaseEntity;

/**
 * Utility methods for handling entities. Separate from the BaseEntity class
 * mainly because of dependency on the ORM-associated
 * ObjectRetrievalFailureException.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 29.10.2003
 * @see org.springframework.samples.petclinic.BaseEntity
 */
public abstract class EntityUtils {

	/**
	 * Look up the entity of the given class with the given id in the given
	 * collection.
	 *
	 * @param entities the collection to search
	 * @param entityClass the entity class to look up
	 * @param entityId the entity id to look up
	 * @return the found entity
	 * @throws ObjectRetrievalFailureException if the entity was not found
	 */
	public static <T extends BaseEntity> T getById(Collection entities, Class entityClass, int entityId)
			throws ObjectRetrievalFailureException {
		for (T entity : entities) {
			if (entity.getId().intValue() == entityId && entityClass.isInstance(entity)) {
				return entity;
			}
		}
		throw new ObjectRetrievalFailureException(entityClass, new Integer(entityId));
	}

}