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package org.springframework.data.relational.core.mapping.event;

import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
import org.springframework.core.ResolvableTypeProvider;
import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

/**
 * an event signalling JDBC processing.
 *
 * @param <E> the type of the entity to which the event relates.
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @author Mark Paluch
 * @author Jens Schauder
 */
public interface RelationalEvent<E> extends ResolvableTypeProvider {

	/**
	 * @return the entity to which this event refers. Might be {@literal null}.
	 */
	@Nullable
	E getEntity();

	/**
	 * @return the type of the entity to which the event relates.
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	Class<E> getType();

	@Override
	default ResolvableType getResolvableType() {
		return ResolvableType.forClassWithGenerics(getClass(), getType());
	}
}
