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| OpenJPA's managed interface feature allows you to define your object model |
| entirely in terms of interfaces, instead of concrete classes. To use this |
| feature, you must annotate your managed interfaces with the |
| <code class="classname">ManagedInterface</code> annotation, and use the |
| <code class="literal">OpenJPAEntityManager.createInstance(Class)</code> method to |
| create new records. Note that <code class="literal">createInstance()</code> returns |
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| @ManagedInterface |
| public interface PersonIface { |
| @Id @GeneratedValue |
| int getId(); |
| void setId(int id); |
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| // implicitly persistent per JPA property rules |
| String getName(); |
| void setName(String name); |
| } |
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| OpenJPAEntityManager em = ...; |
| PersonIface person = em.createInstance(PersonIface.class); |
| person.setName("Homer Simpson"); |
| em.getTransaction().begin(); |
| em.persist(person); |
| em.getTransaction().commit(); |
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