/*
- * Copyright 2005 the original author or authors.
- *
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
+ *
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
+ *
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
- * Interface for persistent objects. This defines required functionality for all
- * objects that are persisted.
- *
- * Objects that implement this interface and which implement
- * {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)} should exclude the primary
- * key and version from determining equality.
+ * Interface for persistent objects. This defines a generic interface for
+ * accessing primary key and version of entities.
*/
public interface Persistent {
/**
*
* @see #setPersistedVersion(int)
*/
- int getPersistedVersion();
+ Number getPersistedVersion();
/**
* Sets the version.
*
* @see #getPersistedVersion()
*/
- void setPersistedVersion(int aVersion);
+ void setPersistedVersion(Number aVersion);
}