All Superinterfaces:

Document, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

WritablePdxInstance
```
public interface PdxInstance
extends Document, java.io.Serializable
```
PdxInstance provides run time access to the fields of a PDX without deserializing the PDX. Preventing deserialization saves time and memory and does not require the domain class. This interface is implemented by GemFire. The PdxInstance implementation is a light weight wrapper that simply refers to the raw bytes of the PDX that are kept in the cache. Applications can choose to access PdxInstances instead of Java objects by configuring the Cache to prefer PDX instances during deserialization. This can be done in cache.xml by setting the attribute read-serialized to true on the pdx element. Or it can be done programmatically using either the setPdxReadSerialized or client setPdxReadSerialized method. Once this preference is configured, then any time deserialization of a PDX is done it will deserialize into a PdxInstance.
PdxInstances are immutable. If you want to change one call createWriter().
A PdxInstance's fields will always be those of the version it represents. So if you add a field to your domain class you can end up with a PdxInstance for version 1 (that does not have the field) and a PdxInstance for version 2. The PdxInstance for version 1 will not have the added field and the PdxInstance for version 2 will have the field. This differs from deserialization of a pdx back to a domain class. In that case if version 2 is deserializing version 1 PdxReader will return a default value for the added field even though version 1 has no knowledge of it.

Since:

GemFire 6.6

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.apache.geode.cache.Document
  FIELD_NOT_FOUND

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`WritablePdxInstance`	`createWriter()`	Creates and returns a `WritablePdxInstance` whose initial values are those of this PdxInstance.
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object other)`	Returns true if the given object is equals to this instance.
`java.lang.String`	`getClassName()`	Return the full name of the class that this pdx instance represents.
`java.lang.Object`	`getField(java.lang.String fieldName)`	Reads the named field and returns its value.
`java.lang.Object`	`getObject()`	Deserializes and returns the domain object that this instance represents.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Generates a hashCode based on the identity fields of this PdxInstance.
`default boolean`	`isDeserializable()`	Returns false if this instance will never be deserialized to a domain class.
`boolean`	`isEnum()`	Returns true if this instance represents an enum.
`boolean`	`isIdentityField(java.lang.String fieldName)`	Checks if the named field was `marked` as an identity field.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Prints out all of the identity fields of this PdxInstance.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.geode.cache.Document
foreach, getAndCheckField, getFieldNames, hasField

- Method Detail
  - getClassName
```
java.lang.String getClassName()
```
    Return the full name of the class that this pdx instance represents. An empty string will be returned if no class is associated with this instance.
    
    Returns:
    
    the name of the class that this pdx instance represents.
    
    Since:
    
    GemFire 6.6.2
  - isEnum
```
boolean isEnum()
```
    Returns true if this instance represents an enum. Enum's have a String field named "name" and an int field named "ordinal". It is ok to cast a PdxInstance that represents an enum to Comparable. PdxInstances representing enums are not writable.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this instance represents an enum.
  - getObject
```
java.lang.Object getObject()
```
    Deserializes and returns the domain object that this instance represents. If this instance is one that never deserializes then getObject returns "this".
    
    Returns:
    
    the deserialized domain object or "this" if this instance never deserializes
    
    Throws:
    
    PdxSerializationException - if the instance could not be deserialized
  - isIdentityField
```
boolean isIdentityField(java.lang.String fieldName)
```
    Checks if the named field was marked as an identity field.
    Note that if no fields have been marked then all the fields are used as identity fields even though this method will return false since none of them have been marked.
    
    Parameters:
    
    fieldName - the name of the field to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the named field exists and was marked as an identify field; otherwise false
  - getField
```
java.lang.Object getField(java.lang.String fieldName)
```
    Reads the named field and returns its value. If the field does not exist null is returned.
    A null result indicates that the field does not exist or that it exists and its value is currently null. The hasField method can be used to figure out which if these two cases is true.
    If an Object[] is deserialized by this call then that array's component type will be Object.class instead of the original class that the array had when it was serialized. This is done so that PdxInstance objects can be added to the array.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getField in interface Document
    
    Parameters:
    
    fieldName - name of the field to read
    
    Returns:
    
    If this instance has the named field then the field's value is returned, otherwise null is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    PdxSerializationException - if the field could not be deserialized
  - equals
```
boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)
```
    Returns true if the given object is equals to this instance.
    If other is not a PdxInstance then it is not equal to this instance. NOTE: Even if other is the result of calling getObject() it will not be equal to this instance.
    Otherwise equality of two PdxInstances is determined as follows:
    
    The domain class name must be equal for both PdxInstances
    Each identity field must be equal.
    If the domain class is not the empty string then if one of the instances does not have a field that the other one does then equals will assume it has the field with a default value. If a PdxInstance has marked identity fields using markIdentityField then only the marked identity fields are its identity fields. Otherwise all its fields are identity fields.
    An identity field is equal if all the following are true:
    
    The field name is equal.
    The field type is equal.
    The field value is equal.
    
    If a field's type is OBJECT then its value must be deserialized to determine if it is equals. If the deserialized object is an array then deepEquals is used to determine equality. Otherwise equals is used.
    If a field's type is OBJECT[] then its value must be deserialized and deepEquals is used to determine equality.
    For all other field types then the value does not need to be deserialized. Instead the serialized raw bytes are compared and used to determine equality.
    Note that any fields that have objects that do not override equals will cause equals to return false when you might have expected it to return true. The only exceptions to this are those that call deepEquals as noted above. You should either override equals and hashCode in these cases or mark other fields as your identity fields.
    Specified by:
    
    equals in interface Document
    
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
    
    Parameters:
    
    other - the other instance to compare to this.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this instance is equal to other.
  - hashCode
```
int hashCode()
```
    Generates a hashCode based on the identity fields of this PdxInstance.
    If a PdxInstance has marked identity fields using markIdentityField then only the marked identity fields are its identity fields. Otherwise all its fields are identity fields.
    If an identity field is of type OBJECT then it is deserialized. If the deserialized object is an array then deepHashCode is used. Otherwise hashCode is used.
    If an identity field is of type OBJECT[] this it is deserialized and deepHashCode is used.
    Otherwise the field is not deserialized and the raw bytes of its value are used to compute the hash code.
    The algorithm used to compute the hashCode is: hashCode = 1; foreach (field: sortedIdentityFields()) { if (field.isDefaultValue()) continue; if (field.isArray()) { hashCode = hashCode*31 + Arrays.deepHashCode(field); } else { hashCode = hashCode*31 + field.hashCode(); } } if (hashCode == 0) { hashCode = 1; }
    
    Specified by:
    
    hashCode in interface Document
    
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object
  - toString
```
java.lang.String toString()
```
    Prints out all of the identity fields of this PdxInstance.
    If a PdxInstance has marked identity fields using markIdentityField then only the marked identity fields are its identity fields. Otherwise all its fields are identity fields.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
  - createWriter
```
WritablePdxInstance createWriter()
```
    Creates and returns a WritablePdxInstance whose initial values are those of this PdxInstance. This call returns a copy of the current field values so modifications made to the returned value will not modify this PdxInstance.
    
    Returns:
    
    a WritablePdxInstance
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the PdxInstance is an enum.
  - isDeserializable
```
default boolean isDeserializable()
```
    Returns false if this instance will never be deserialized to a domain class. Instances that never deserialize can be created using PdxInstanceFactory.neverDeserialize() or by creating a factory with an empty string as the class name.
    
    Returns:
    
    false if this instance will never be deserialized to a domain class.
    
    Since:
    
    Geode 1.9

VMware GemFire Java API Reference

Interface PdxInstance

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.geode.cache.Document

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.geode.cache.Document

Method Detail

getClassName

isEnum

getObject

isIdentityField

getField

equals

hashCode

toString

createWriter

isDeserializable