public Entity updateEntity(Entity entity) throws ApplicationException {
if (entity == null) {
return entity;
}
if (entity.getEntityVersionId() == null) {
throw new ApplicationException(
"An entity definition must first be created before it is updated.");
}
try {
Date currentDate = new Date();
entity.setDateChanged(currentDate);
entity.setUserChangedBy(Context.getUserContext().getUser());
for (EntityAttribute attrib : entity.getAttributes()) {
if (attrib.getDateCreated() == null) {
attrib.setDateCreated(currentDate);
attrib.setUserCreatedBy(Context.getUserContext().getUser());
// attrib.setEntity(entity);
}
attrib.setEntity(entity);
}
// Mark deletion attributes
handleAttributeUpdates(entity);
// remove validations for marked attribute
for (EntityAttribute attrib : entity.getAttributes()) {
if (attrib.getUserVoidedBy() != null) {
// remove validations
List<EntityAttributeValidation> existingValidations =
loadEntityAttributeValidations(attrib);
for (EntityAttributeValidation validation : existingValidations) {
deleteEntityAttributeValidation(validation);
}
}
}
Entity updatedEntity = entityDefinitionDao.updateEntity(entity);
updatedEntity = entityDefinitionDao.loadEntity(entity.getEntityVersionId());
addToCache(updatedEntity);
Context.notifyObserver(ObservationEventType.ENTITY_ATTRIBUTE_UPDATE_EVENT, entity);
return updatedEntity;
} catch (DaoException e) {
throw new ApplicationException(e.getMessage());
}
}
