How to get old entity value in @HandleBeforeSave event to determine if a property is changed or not?

Question

I\'m trying to get the old entity in a @HandleBeforeSave event.

@Component
@RepositoryEventHandler(Customer.class)
public class CustomerEventHan         


        

Answer 1

Just another solution using model:

public class Customer {

  @JsonIgnore
  private String name;

  @JsonIgnore
  @Transient
  private String newName;

  public void setName(String name){
    this.name = name;
  }

  @JsonProperty("name")
  public void setNewName(String newName){
    this.newName = newName;
  }

  @JsonProperty
  public void getName(String name){
    return name;
  }

  public void getNewName(String newName){
    return newName;
  }

}

Alternative to consider. Might be reasonable if you need some special handling for this use-case then treat it separately. Do not allow direct property writing on the object. Create a separate endpoint with a custom controller to rename customer.

Example request:

POST /customers/{id}/identity

{
  "name": "New name"
}