TableEntity Class

Package:

com.azure.data.tables.models

Maven Artifact:

com.azure:azure-data-tables:12.4.0

• java.lang.Object
• • com.azure.data.tables.models.TableEntity

public final class TableEntity

Overview

An entity within a table.

A TableEntity can be used directly when interacting with the Tables service, with methods on the TableClient and TableAsyncClient classes that accept and return TableEntity instances. After creating an instance, call the addProperty(String key, Object value) or setProperties(Map<String,Object> properties) methods to add properties to the entity. When retrieving an entity from the service, call the getProperty(String key) or getProperties() methods to access the entity's properties.

Usage Code Samples

The following samples provide examples of common operations preformed on a TableEntity. The samples use a subset of acceptable property values. For an exhaustive list, see the service documentation.

Create a TableEntity

The following sample shows the creation of a table entity.

TableEntity entity = new TableEntity("partitionKey", "rowKey");

Add properties to a TableEntity

The following sample shows the addition of properties to a table entity.

TableEntity entity = new TableEntity("partitionKey", "rowKey");

Set properties from a TableEntity

The following sample shows the setting of a table entity's properties.

Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>();
 properties.put("String", "StringValue");
 properties.put("Integer", 100);
 properties.put("Boolean", true);
 TableEntity entity = new TableEntity("partitionKey", "rowKey")
     .setProperties(properties);

Get a property from a TableEntity

The following sample shows the retrieval of a property from a table entity.

TableEntity entity = new TableEntity("partitionKey", "rowKey")
     .addProperty("String", "StringValue")
     .addProperty("Integer", 100)
     .addProperty("Boolean", true);

 String stringValue = (String) entity.getProperty("String");
 int integerValue = (int) entity.getProperty("Integer");
 boolean booleanValue = (boolean) entity.getProperty("Boolean");

Get properties from a TableEntity

The following sample shows the retrieval of all properties from a table entity.

TableEntity entity = new TableEntity("partitionKey", "rowKey")
     .addProperty("String", "StringValue")
     .addProperty("Integer", 100)
     .addProperty("Boolean", true);

 Map<String, Object> properties = entity.getProperties();

Constructor Summary

Constructor	Description
TableEntity(String partitionKey, String rowKey)	Construct a new TableEntity.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TableEntity	addProperty(String key, Object value) Adds a single property to the entity's properties map.
String	getETag() Gets the entity's eTag.
String	getPartitionKey() Gets the entity's partition key.
Map<String,Object>	getProperties() Gets the map of the entity's properties.
Object	getProperty(String key) Gets a single property from the entity's properties map.
String	getRowKey() Gets the entity's row key.
OffsetDateTime	getTimestamp() Gets the entity's timestamp.
TableEntity	setProperties(Map<String,Object> properties) Sets the contents of the provided map to the entity's properties map.

Methods inherited from java.lang.Object

clone equals finalize getClass hashCode notify notifyAll toString wait wait wait

Constructor Details

TableEntity

public TableEntity(String partitionKey, String rowKey)

Construct a new TableEntity.

Parameters:

partitionKey - The partition key of the entity.

rowKey - The row key of the entity.

Method Details

addProperty

public TableEntity addProperty(String key, Object value)

Adds a single property to the entity's properties map.

Parameters:

key - Key for the property.

value - Value of the property.

Returns:

The updated TableEntity.

getETag

public String getETag()

Gets the entity's eTag.

The eTag is automatically populated by the service. New TableEntity instances will not have an eTag, but an eTag will be present on any TableEntity returned from the service.

Returns:

The entity's eTag.

getPartitionKey

public String getPartitionKey()

Gets the entity's partition key.

Returns:

The entity's partition key.

getProperties

public Map getProperties()

Gets the map of the entity's properties.

Only properties that have been added by calling addProperty(String key, Object value) or setProperties(Map<String,Object> properties) will be returned from this method.

Returns:

A map of all properties representing this entity, including system properties.

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String key)

Gets a single property from the entity's properties map.

Only properties that have been added by calling addProperty(String key, Object value) or setProperties(Map<String,Object> properties) will be returned from this method.

Parameters:

key - Key for the property.

Returns:

Value of the property.

getRowKey

public String getRowKey()

Gets the entity's row key.

Returns:

The entity's row key.

getTimestamp

public OffsetDateTime getTimestamp()

Gets the entity's timestamp.

The timestamp is automatically populated by the service. New TableEntity instances will not have a timestamp, but a timestamp will be present on any TableEntity returned from the service.

Returns:

The entity's timestamp.

setProperties

public TableEntity setProperties(Map properties)

Sets the contents of the provided map to the entity's properties map.

Parameters:

properties - The map of properties to set.

Returns:

The updated TableEntity.