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package org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions;


/**
 * <p>
 * <b>Purpose</b>: To record the changes for attributes that can be represented as DirectToField
 */
public class DirectToFieldChangeRecord extends ChangeRecord implements org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.changesets.DirectToFieldChangeRecord {
    protected Object newValue;

    /**
     * This default constructor.
     */
    public DirectToFieldChangeRecord() {
        super();
    }

    /**
     * This constructor returns a changeRecord representing the DirectToField mapping.
     */
    public DirectToFieldChangeRecord(ObjectChangeSet owner) {
        this.owner = owner;
    }

    /**
     * ADVANCED:
     * Returns the new value assigned during the change.
     */
    public Object getNewValue() {
        return newValue;
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * This method will be used to merge one record into another.
     */
    public void mergeRecord(ChangeRecord mergeFromRecord, UnitOfWorkChangeSet mergeToChangeSet, UnitOfWorkChangeSet mergeFromChangeSet) {
        this.newValue = ((DirectToFieldChangeRecord)mergeFromRecord).getNewValue();
    }

    /**
     * ADVANCED:
     * Sets the new value assigned during the change.
     */
    public void setNewValue(Object newValue) {
        this.newValue = newValue;
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * used by the record to update the new value ignores the value in the default implementation
     */
    public void updateChangeRecordWithNewValue(Object newValue) {
        setNewValue(newValue);
    }

    /**
     * INTERNAL:
     * This method will be used to update the objectsChangeSets references
     */
    public void updateReferences(UnitOfWorkChangeSet mergeToChangeSet, UnitOfWorkChangeSet mergeFromChangeSet) {
    }
}