public boolean isStoreRequired(CmpEntityBeanContext ctx) {
boolean modified = false;
final EntityState entityState = getEntityState(ctx);
if (entityState.isCreated()) {
modified = areCmpFieldsDirty(ctx, entityState);
if (!modified) {
for (int i = 0; i < cmrFields.length; ++i) {
if (cmrFields[i].isDirty(ctx)) {
modified = true;
break;
}
}
}
}
return modified;
}
/**
* This method is used to determined whether the instance was modified. NOTE, even if the method
* returns true the isStoreRequired for this same instance might return false, e.g. a CMR field
* that doesn't have a foreign key was modified.
*
* @param ctx
* @return
*/
public boolean isModified(CmpEntityBeanContext ctx) {
boolean invalidateCache = false;
final EntityState entityState = getEntityState(ctx);
if (entityState.isCreated()) {
invalidateCache = areCmpFieldsDirty(ctx, entityState);
if (!invalidateCache) {
for (int i = 0; i < cmrFields.length; ++i) {
if (cmrFields[i].invalidateCache(ctx)) {
invalidateCache = true;
break;
}
}
}
}
return invalidateCache;
}