IEntityInformationHolder (openbis_standard_technologies SNAPSHOT-r1677241701 API)

All Superinterfaces:

ICodeHolder, IIdAndCodeHolder, IIdHolder, java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IEntityInformationHolderWithIdentifier, IEntityInformationHolderWithPermId, IEntityInformationHolderWithProperties, IEntityWithDeletionInformation

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractExternalData, BasicEntityInformationHolder, ContainerDataSet, DeletedEntity, EntityReference, Experiment, LinkDataSet, MatchingEntity, Material, PhysicalDataSet, PlaceholderDataSet, Sample
```
public interface IEntityInformationHolder
extends java.io.Serializable, IIdAndCodeHolder
```
A unique pointer to an entity (see EntityKind for different kinds of entities).
Specifies entity technical id, code, type code and EntityKind .

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`EntityKind`	`getEntityKind()`	Return the entity kind of this matching entity.
`BasicEntityType`	`getEntityType()`	Returns the entity type of this matching entity.

Methods inherited from interface ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.ICodeHolder
getCode

Methods inherited from interface ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.basic.IIdHolder
getId

- Method Detail
  - getEntityType
```
BasicEntityType getEntityType()
```
    Returns the entity type of this matching entity.
  - getEntityKind
```
EntityKind getEntityKind()
```
    Return the entity kind of this matching entity.