Functionality difference between EntityHome and EntityContro

[gus888]

Hi,

I want to use Seam framework: EntityHome and EntityController. After comparing their methods, I found that the methods between the two classes are almost same. I want to what different functionalities between them. and when I should use EntityHome and when to use EntityController. Hope some experts can give some advice. Thank you very much.

[matt.drees]

In my (limited) experience:

EntityHome is most useful when you need to do CRUD operations on a single entity. It makes it super-convenient if you do things the "seam-gen way".

If you don't want to do things that way, it can be hard to work with. So, for example, if you want a component that does CRUD simultaneously on multiple entity objects, then I think you're better off with an EntityController.

EntityHome extends EntityController, by the way, which is why most of the methods are the same. EntityController really just provides a ton of convenience methods.

I find that I use EntityController more often than EntityHome.

[pmuir]

As Matt says. EntityHome is great for scaffolding CRUD, EntityController is great if you are writing more complex components which control entites.

[gus888]

I got it. Thank you so much, Matt and Pete. And also appreciate the Seam team's great work.

Best regards,

Gus

[saeediqbal1]

in the examples that come with seam, which ones use EntityHome and what ones use EntityController? I would like to take a look at their implementations.

Thanks

[matt.drees]

seamdiscs is the only one my IDE search found for EntityController.

EntityHome is used in the wiki, seamdiscs, quartz, and seampay

[saeediqbal1]

Thanks Matt I appreciate your help.