AbstractEntity

Base class for all api entities.

When adding your own api from an extension, extend this class only if your entity does not have an associated DAO. Otherwise extend DAOEntity.

The recommended way to create a non-DAO-based api is to extend this class and then add a getFields function and any other actions you wish, e.g. - a get() function which returns BasicGetAction using your custom getter callback - a create() function which returns BasicCreateAction using your custom setter callback - an update() function which returns BasicUpdateAction using your custom setter callback - a delete() function which returns BasicBatchAction using your custom delete callback - a replace() function which returns BasicReplaceAction (no callback needed but depends on the existence of get, create, update & delete actions)

Note that you can use the same setter callback function for update as create - that function can distinguish between new & existing records by checking if the unique identifier has been set (identifier field defaults to "id" but you can change that when constructing BasicUpdateAction)