EntityProcessorContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityProcessorContextImpl
```
public interface EntityProcessorContext
```
Entity processor context providing details about entity processing.
The context contains the EntityProcessorContext.Type which distinguishes between types of context. There are various properties in the context (accessible by getters) and some of them might be relevant only to specific context types.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`EntityProcessorContext.Type`	The type of the context which describes in which entity processing phase the `EntityProcessor.process(EntityProcessorContext)` is triggered.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`getEntityClass()`	Get entity class to be processed.
`EntityGraph`	`getEntityGraph()`	Get entity graph to be modified by the processing.
`java.lang.reflect.Field`	`getField()`	Get field to be processed.
`java.lang.reflect.Method`	`getMethod()`	Get method to be processed.
`EntityProcessorContext.Type`	`getType()`	Get the `type` of this context.

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
EntityProcessorContext.Type getType()
```
    Get the type of this context.
    
    Returns:
    
    entity processing context type.
  - getEntityClass
```
java.lang.Class<?> getEntityClass()
```
    Get entity class to be processed. The entity class is available only for EntityProcessorContext.Type.CLASS_WRITER and EntityProcessorContext.Type.CLASS_READER context types.
    
    Returns:
    
    entity class or null if the class is not available.
  - getField
```
java.lang.reflect.Field getField()
```
    Get field to be processed. The field is available only for EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_WRITER and EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_READER context types.
    
    Returns:
    
    field or null if the field is not available.
  - getMethod
```
java.lang.reflect.Method getMethod()
```
    Get method to be processed. The method is available for EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_WRITER, EntityProcessorContext.Type.PROPERTY_READER, EntityProcessorContext.Type.METHOD_WRITER, EntityProcessorContext.Type.METHOD_READER context types.
    
    Returns:
    
    method or null if the method is not available.
  - getEntityGraph
```
EntityGraph getEntityGraph()
```
    Get entity graph to be modified by the processing. The entity graph is available for all context types.
    
    Returns:
    
    entity graph.