# Class PersistenceState

java.lang.Object
org.apache.cayenne.PersistenceState

public class PersistenceState extends Object
Defines a set of object states from the point of view of persistence. I.e. PersistenceState is the state of data stored in an object relative to the external persistence store. If an object's state matches the state of the persistence store, the object is COMMITTED. If object is not intended to be persistent or is not explicitly made persistent, the state is TRANSIENT, and so on.

Object persistence states should not be modified directly. Rather it is a responsibility of a ObjectContext/DataContext to maintain correct state of the managed objects.

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final int`
  `COMMITTED`
  Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, whose fields exactly match the state of a corresponding database row.
  `static final int`
  `DELETED`
  Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, that will be deleted from the database on the next commit.
  `static final int`
  `HOLLOW`
  Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, and having a corresponding database row.
  `static final int`
  `MODIFIED`
  Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, and having a corresponding database row.
  `static final int`
  `NEW`
  Describes a state of an object freshly registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, but not committed to the database yet.
  `static final int`
  `TRANSIENT`
  Describes a state of an object not registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, and therefore having no persistence features.

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `PersistenceState()`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static String`
  `persistenceStateName(int persistenceState)`
  Returns String label for persistence state.

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Field Details

  - ### TRANSIENT

    public static final int TRANSIENT
    Describes a state of an object not registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, and therefore having no persistence features.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### NEW

    public static final int NEW
    Describes a state of an object freshly registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, but not committed to the database yet. So there is no corresponding database record for this object just yet.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### COMMITTED

    public static final int COMMITTED
    Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, whose fields exactly match the state of a corresponding database row. This state is not fully "clean", since database record may have been externally modified.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### MODIFIED

    public static final int MODIFIED
    Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, and having a corresponding database row. This object state is known to be locally modified and different from the database state.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### HOLLOW

    public static final int HOLLOW
    Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, and having a corresponding database row. This object does not store any fields except for its id (it is "hollow"), so next time it is accessed, it will be populated from the database by the context. In this respect this is a real "clean" object.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### DELETED

    public static final int DELETED
    Describes a state of an object registered with DataContext/ObjectContext, that will be deleted from the database on the next commit.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### PersistenceState

    public PersistenceState()

- ## Method Details

  - ### persistenceStateName

    public static String persistenceStateName(int persistenceState)
    Returns String label for persistence state. Used for debugging.