EmbeddedEntity (AppEngine :: appengine-apis 2.0.17 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.google.appengine.api.datastore.PropertyContainer
- - com.google.appengine.api.datastore.EmbeddedEntity

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable
```
public final class EmbeddedEntity
extends PropertyContainer
```
A property value containing embedded entity properties (and optionally a Key).
This class is similar to Entity, but differs in the following ways:
- equals(Object) and hashCode() compare the embedded properties in addition to the Key.
- It is not queryable when stored in the datastore.
- A Key is optional.
- Keys without a name or id are considered equal if all other aspects of the keys are equal (as they will not be assigned IDs by the datastore when embedded).
To convert from an Entity use:
```
 EmbeddedEntity sv = new EmbeddedEntity();
 sv.setKey(entity.getKey())
 sv.setPropertiesFrom(entity)
 
```
To convert to an Entity use:
```
 Entity entity = new Entity(sv.getKey())
 entity.setPropertiesFrom(sv);
 
```
See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

EmbeddedEntity()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`EmbeddedEntity`	`clone()`
`boolean`	`equals(@Nullable Object obj)`
`@Nullable Key`	`getKey()`	Returns the key or `null`.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`void`	`setKey(@Nullable Key key)`
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class com.google.appengine.api.datastore.PropertyContainer
getProperties, getProperty, hasProperty, isUnindexedProperty, removeProperty, setIndexedProperty, setPropertiesFrom, setProperty, setUnindexedProperty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail
- EmbeddedEntity
```
public EmbeddedEntity()
```

Method Detail

getKey
```
public @Nullable Key getKey()
```
Returns the key or null.

setKey

public void setKey(@Nullable Key key)

Parameters:: key - the key to set

clone
```
public EmbeddedEntity clone()
```

toString
```
public String toString()
```
Overrides:

toString in class Object

hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj)

Overrides:: equals in class Object