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Patrick Linskey updated OPENJPA-486:
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Description:
According to JavaDoc, OpenJPAEntityManager.createInstance() method
public <T> T createInstance(Class<T> cls);
behaves as follows:
"Create a new instance of type <code>cls</code>. If <code>cls</code> is
an interface or an abstract class whose abstract methods follow the
JavaBeans convention, this method will create a concrete implementation
according to the metadata that defines the class"
The method fails when T is an abstract class.
was:
According to JavaDoc, OpenJPAEntityManager.createInstance() method
public <T> T createInstance(Class<T> cls);
behaves as follows:
"Create a new instance of type <code>cls</code>. If <code>cls</code> is
an interface or an abstract class whose abstract methods follow the
JavaBeans convention, this method will create a concrete implementation
according to the metadata that defines the class"
The method fails when T is an interface. The failure may be due to incorrect
user configuration, however, further
information on this extension method is not available in OpenJPA documentation.
Firstly, how to specify metadata for a interface that has bean-style methods?
Possibilities are:
a) Annotating the Java interface definition with @Entity
b) Specifying in <class>org.acme.IPerson</class> in persistence.xml
Either of the above fails. a) fails at parsing b) fails with "no metadata"
There may be a correct but undocumented way of specifying a managed interface.
If that is the case, then this JIRA report should be treated as a documentation
bug.
> OpenJPAEntityManager.createInstance(Class<T> cls) fails when T is an abstract
> class
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> Key: OPENJPA-486
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-486
> Project: OpenJPA
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: jpa
> Reporter: Pinaki Poddar
> Fix For: 1.1.0
>
>
> According to JavaDoc, OpenJPAEntityManager.createInstance() method
> public <T> T createInstance(Class<T> cls);
> behaves as follows:
> "Create a new instance of type <code>cls</code>. If <code>cls</code> is
> an interface or an abstract class whose abstract methods follow the
> JavaBeans convention, this method will create a concrete implementation
> according to the metadata that defines the class"
> The method fails when T is an abstract class.
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