Annotation Interface DateCreated

@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({METHOD,FIELD})
@Documented
@AutoPopulated(updatable=false)
public @interface DateCreated

Can be applied to date type to indicate the property should be populated when it is first inserted.

Since:

1.0

Author:

graemerocher

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	NAME	The annotation name.
static final String	SKIP_IF_PRESENT	The metadata key for skipIfPresent().

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
boolean	skipIfPresent	When true, an existing non-null value will be preserved and not overwritten during auto-population on insert.
ChronoUnit	truncatedTo	Allows to truncate the auto set date value.

Field Details

NAME

static final String NAME

The annotation name.

SKIP_IF_PRESENT

static final String SKIP_IF_PRESENT

The metadata key for skipIfPresent().

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Element Details

skipIfPresent

boolean skipIfPresent

When true, an existing non-null value will be preserved and not overwritten during auto-population on insert. Default false preserves existing behavior of always setting the value on insert.

Returns:

true if an existing non-null value should be preserved, false otherwise

Since:

5.0

Default:

false

truncatedTo

ChronoUnit truncatedTo

Allows to truncate the auto set date value.

Returns:

the truncated to constant

Since:

3.4.2

Default:

FOREVER