All Known Subinterfaces:: Address, Animal, Entity.Accessible, Human, ImmutableEntity, Pet

All Known Implementing Classes:: AddressData, AddressEntity, AnimalData, AnimalEntity, Entity.AbstractAccessible, EntityData, EntityLayer, EntityLayerIdentity, EntityLayerLogging, EntityLayerVersioning, HumanData, HumanEntity, PetData, PetEntity

public interface Entity

A mutable entity. Mutations of the entity's data only happen by providing another instance of that entity that contains the desired new data. , FH

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`Entity.AbstractAccessible`	Primary means to convenience-hide framework-internal methods from the user entity's public API
`static interface`	`Entity.Accessible`	Fallback means to convenience-hide framework-internal methods from the user entity's public API for classes that cannot extend `Entity.AbstractAccessible` for whatever reason
`static interface`	`Entity.Creator<E extends Entity,C extends Entity.Creator<E,C>>`
`static class`	`Entity.Static`
`static interface`	`Entity.Updater<E extends Entity,U extends Entity.Updater<E,U>>`

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static <E extends Entity> E`	`data(E instance)`
`static <E extends Entity> E`	`identity(E instance)`
`default boolean`	`isSameIdentity(Entity other)`
`static XGettingList<Entity>`	`layers(Entity entity)`
`static <E> E`	`searchLayer(Entity entity, Class<E> type)`
`static <E extends Entity> boolean`	`updateData(E entity, E data)`
`default void`	`validateIdentity(Entity newData)`