Index

A

• @AroundConstruct annotation / Intercept constructor invocation
• @AssertFalse constraint / Validating your data
• @AssertTrue constraint / Validating your data
• @Asynchronous annotation / Asynchronous processing
• annotations
  • for Java platform / Common annotations for the Java platform
  • about / The goal of this specification
  • @TransactionAttribute annotation / The goal of this specification
  • @Resource annotation / The goal of this specification
  • building / Building your own annotation
  • @Target annotation / Building your own annotation
  • @Retention annotation / Building your own annotation
  • @Inherited annotation / Building your own annotation
  • @Documented annotation / Building your own annotation
  • Unfinished annotation / Building your own annotation
  • @SupportedAnnotationTypes annotation / Building your own annotation
  • improvements / Latest improvements in action
  • new annotation / The new annotation
  • javax.annotation.priority annotation / The new annotation
  • @Named annotation / Example 2 – accessing an EJB from a JSF page
• annotations, JPA 2.1
  • about / New annotations
  • @Index annotation / New annotations
  • @ForeignKey annotation / New annotations
• API
  • simplifying / Simplification of the API
• application context identifier
  • access, standardizing / Standardizing access to the application context identifier
• array
  • about / Array
• Assignment operator(=) / Assignment operator (=)
• async() method / Asynchronous processing
• asynchronousMethod() / EJB Lite improvements
• asynchronous processing / Asynchronous processing
• AsyncInvoker / Asynchronous processing
• AuthConfigProvider implementation / Binding the authentication module to a web application
• AuthConfigProvider object / Standardizing access to the application context identifier
• authenticate method / Integrating the authenticate, login, and logout methods called
• authentication module
  • implementing / Implementing an authentication module
  • ServerAuthModule interface, implementing / Implementing the ServerAuthModule interface
  • installing / Installing and configuring the authentication module
  • configuring / Installing and configuring the authentication module
  • binding, to web application / Binding the authentication module to a web application
  • realm, creating / Creating a realm
  • application security, configuring / Security configuration

B

• batch.xml configuration file / The batch.xml configuration file
• Batch API
  • about / Understanding the Batch API
  • features / Understanding the Batch API
  • JobRepository / JobRepository
  • Job / Job
  • Step / Step
  • chunk / Chunk
  • batchlet / Batchlet
  • batch.xml configuration file / The batch.xml configuration file
  • JobOperator / JobOperator
• Batch Applications
  • for Java Platform 1.0 / Batch Applications for Java Platform 1.0
• Batch Applications for the Java Platform 1.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• batchlet
  • about / Understanding the Batch API, Batchlet
• batch processing
  • about / What is batch processing?
  • dedicated API / Why a dedicated API for batch processing?
• bean
  • setting, with specific scope / Example 3 – setting a bean with a specific scope for simple operations
  • CDI processing, avoiding / Avoiding CDI processing on a bean
  • non-contextual instance, accessing / Accessing the non contexual instance of a bean
  • CDI bean instances, destroying / Destroying CDI bean instances explicitly
• Bean Validation
  • about / Bean Validation
  • data, validating / Validating your data
  • custom constraint, building / Building a custom constraint
  • constraint annotation, creating / Creating a constraint annotation
  • validator, implementing / Implementing a validator
  • improvements / Latest improvements in action
• Bean Validation 1.1
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
  • dependency injection and CDI integration, support for / Support for dependency injection and CDI integration
  • method and constructor validation, support for / Support for method and constructor validation
  • group conversion, support for / Support for group conversion
  • message interpolation, support for / Support message interpolation using expression language
• boolean isValid(T value, ConstraintValidatorContext context) method / Implementing a validator

C

• CandidateSessionBean class / Class diagram
• CDI
  • about / Contexts and Dependency Injection, What is CDI ?
  • POJO instantiation / Example 1 – instantiation of a POJO
  • EJB, accessing from JSF page / Example 2 – accessing an EJB from a JSF page
  • bean, setting with specific scope / Example 3 – setting a bean with a specific scope for simple operations
  • factory created objects, using / Example 4 – use of objects usually created by a factory
  • improvements / Latest improvements in action
  • processing on bean, avoiding / Avoiding CDI processing on a bean
  • non-contextual bean instance, accessing / Accessing the non contexual instance of a bean
  • current CDI container, accessing / Accessing the current CDI container
  • beans instances, destroying / Destroying CDI bean instances explicitly
• CDI injection / Entity
• certificate realm / Creating a realm
• ChatServerEndPoint class / Class diagram
• chunk
  • about / Understanding the Batch API, Chunk
• class diagram
  • about / Class diagram
• cleanSubject() method / Implementing the ServerAuthModule interface
• cleanSubject method / Integrating the authenticate, login, and logout methods called
• client endpoint / Client endpoint
• ClientResponseFilter interface / Filters
• Collection objects support
  • Collection objects construction / Collection object construction
  • collection operations / Collection operations
  • string concatenation operator (+=) / String concatenation operator (+=)
  • assignment operator(=) / Assignment operator (=)
  • semi-colon operator (;) / Semi-colon operator (;)
  • static fields and methods / Static fields and methods
• Common Annotations for the Java Platform 1.2
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Common Client Interface (CCI) / What is JCA?
• component diagram
  • about / Component diagram
• concurrency
  • about / Why concurrency?
  • benefits / Benefits of concurrency
  • risks / Risks of concurrency
  • and Java EE / Concurrency and Java EE
• concurrency utilities / Productivity
• Concurrency Utilities for Java EE 1.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• ConnexionServlet class / A login page with a Servlet
• constraint
  • custom constraint, building / Building a custom constraint
  • annotation, creating / Creating a constraint annotation
• constraint annotation
  • creating / Creating a constraint annotation
• container
  • CDI container, accessing / Accessing the current CDI container
• ContainerResponseFilter interface / Filters
• context
  • about / What is CDI ?
• Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE 1.1
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• createEntityGraph() method / Dynamic entity graphs
• criteria API
  • about / The Criteria API
  • bulk update/delete, support / Support for bulk update/delete
  • new reserved identifiers, support / Support for new reserved identifiers
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM) / What is JCA?

D

• @DecimalMax constraint / Validating your data
• @DecimalMin constraint / Validating your data
• @Digits constraint / Validating your data
• @Documented annotation / Building your own annotation
• dependency injection
  • about / What is CDI ?
• DLL generation / DDL generation
• DOM API / The object model API
• dynamic entity graphs / Dynamic entity graphs

E

• e-mails
  • sending, in Java / Sending e-mails in Java
  • sending, via SMTP protocol / Sending an e-mail via the SMTP protocol
• eagerly / Entity graphs
• EJB
  • accessing, from JSF page / Example 2 – accessing an EJB from a JSF page
• EJB 3.2
  • session bean enhancement / Session bean enhancement
• EJB 3.2, improvements
  • session bean enhancement / Session bean enhancement
  • EJB Lite improvements / EJB Lite improvements
  • TimerService API, modifications / Changes made to the TimerService API
  • other / Other improvements
• EJBContainer.close() method / Other improvements
• EJBContainer class / Other improvements
• EJB injection / Entity
• EL (Expression Language)
  • about / What is Expression Language?
  / What is Expression Language?
• ELProcessor class / API for standalone environments
• endpointActivation method / Latest improvements
• endpointDeactivation method / Latest improvements
• Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) / What is JCA?
• Enterprise Information Systems (EISs)
  • about / What is JCA?
• Enterprise JavaBeans 3.2
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
  • about / Enterprise JavaBeans 3.2
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) / What is JCA?
• entity, JPA 2.1
  • about / Entity
• entity graphs, JPA 2.1
  • about / Entity graphs
  • named entity graphs / Static or named entity graphs
  • static entity graphs / Static or named entity graphs
  • dynamic entity graphs / Dynamic entity graphs
• entity interceptor
  • about / Entity interceptors
• ETL (extract-transform-load) / What is batch processing?
• Expression Language 3.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
  • about / Expression Language 3.0
  • improvements / The latest improvements of EL 3.0 in action
  • API, for stand-alone environment / API for standalone environments
  • Lambda expression / Lambda expressions
  • Collection objects support / Collection object support

F

• @ForeignKey annotation / New annotations
• @Future constraint / Validating your data
• Faces Flows / Faces Flow
• file realm / Creating a realm
• filter
  • about / Filters
• find() method / Dynamic entity graphs
• Flash / HTML5 support
• forward and include mechanism
  • about / Support for forward and include mechanisms
• FUNCTION keyword / New reserved identifiers

G

• getAllTimers() method / Changes made to the TimerService API
• getEntityGraph() method / Static or named entity graphs
• getJobOperator() factory / JobOperator
• getListOfAllStudentsAs2 method / Asynchronous processing
• getListOfAllStudentsAs method / Asynchronous processing
• getOn() method / Support for new reserved identifiers
• getSupportedMessageTypes() method / Implementing the ServerAuthModule interface
• Glassfish Server 4.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7

H

• HTML5 / HTML5 support
• httpservlet-security-provider attribute / Binding the authentication module to a web application
• HttpServletRequest class / Protocol upgrade processing
• HttpUpgradeHandler class / Protocol upgrade processing

I

• @Index annotation / New annotations
• @Inherited annotation / Building your own annotation
• IHelloWorld implementation / Example 1 – instantiation of a POJO
• IHeloWorld interface / Example 1 – instantiation of a POJO
• IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) / Sending e-mails in Java
• init() method / Session bean enhancement
• initialize() method / Implementing the ServerAuthModule interface
• InscriptionCheckpoint / Chunk
• inscriptionValidation.xhtml facelet / Class diagram
• InscriptionValidationBean class / Class diagram
• interceptor binding
  • used, for associating interceptor with class / Associating an interceptor with a class using interceptor binding
  • types, creating / Creation of interceptor binding types
  • declaring / Declaring interceptor binding
  • type, used for binding interceptor / Binding an interceptor by using interceptor binding type
• interceptor class
  • interceptors, defining / Defining interceptors in an interceptor class
• interceptors
  • about / Interceptors
  • defining, in target class / Defining interceptors in the target class
  • defining, in interceptor class / Defining interceptors in an interceptor class
  • improvements / Latest improvements in action
  • associating with class, interceptor bindings used / Associating an interceptor with a class using interceptor binding
  • binding types, creating / Creation of interceptor binding types
  • binding, declaring / Declaring interceptor binding
  • binding, interceptor binding type used / Binding an interceptor by using interceptor binding type
  • execution order, defining / Defining the execution order of interceptors
• Interceptors 1.2
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7

J

• JASPIC
  • about / JASPIC 1.1
• java.lang.annotation package / Building your own annotation
• java.lang.AutoCloseable interface / Other improvements
• java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService interface / Java EE Concurrency API
• Java API
  • for JSON Processing 1.0 / Java API for JSON Processing 1.0
  • for JSON processing / Java API for JSON processing
  • for WebSocket 1.0 / Java API for WebSocket 1.0
  • for RESTful Web Services / Java API for RESTful Web Services
• Java API for JSON Processing 1.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java API for WebSocket 1.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers 1.1 (JASPIC 1.1)
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Authorization Service Provider Contract for Containers 1.5 (JACC 1.5)
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF framework) / Sending e-mails in Java
• Java EE
  • history / A brief history of Java EE
  • and concurrency / Concurrency and Java EE
• Java EE 7
  • goals / The main goals of Java EE 7
  • productivity / Productivity
  • HTML5 support / HTML5 support
  • specifications / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java EE Concurrency API
  • about / Java EE Concurrency API
• Java EE Connector Architecture 1.7
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• JavaMail
  • about / JavaMail
  • improvements / The latest improvements in action
  • annotations, added / The added annotations
  • @MailSessionDefinition annotation / The added annotations
  • methos, added / The added methods
  • access modifiers, modifications / The changing of some access modifiers
• JavaMail 1.5
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Message Service 2.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Persistence 2.1
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Persistence API 2.1
  • about / Java Persistence API 2.1
  • URL / Java Persistence API 2.1
  • Java Persistence API (JPA) / JPA (Java Persistence API)
• Java platform
  • annotations / Common annotations for the Java platform
• JavaServer Faces 2.2
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
  • about / JavaServer Faces 2.2
• JavaServer Pages 2.3
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Servlet 3.1 Specification
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Specification Request (JSR 342) / Novelties of Java EE 7
• Java Transaction API 1.2
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
  • about / Java Transaction API 1.2
• javax.annotation.processing.Processor interface / Building your own annotation
• javax.jms.MessageListener interface / Harmonizing with JMS's novelties
• javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder interface / Support for new reserved identifiers
• javax.persistence.schema-generation.connection property / DDL generation
• javax.persistence.schema-generation.create-source property / DDL generation
• javax.persistence.schema-generation.database.action property / DDL generation
• javax.persistence.schema-generation.drop-source property / DDL generation
• javax.security.auth.message.module.ServerAuthModule interface / Implementing an authentication module
• javax.transaction.TransactionScoped annotation / Innovations introduced by JTA 1.2
• JAX-RS
  • in action / JAX-RS in action
• JAX-RS 2.0
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
  • about / The latest improvements in action
  • client API / The Client API
  • asynchronous processing / Asynchronous processing
• JCA
  • about / Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA), What is JCA?
  • in action / JCA in action
  • improvements / Latest improvements
  • endpointActivation method / Latest improvements
  • endpointDeactivation method / Latest improvements
• JCP (Java Community Process) / The main goals of Java EE 7, EJB Lite improvements
• jdbc realm / Creating a realm
• JMS
  • about / Java Message Service (JMS), When to use JMS
  • improvements / The latest improvements in action
  • features / New features
  • messages, sending asynchronously / Sending messages asynchronously
  • setAsync() method / Sending messages asynchronously
  • delivery delay / Delivery delay
  • broker / Delivery delay
  • XDeliveryCount message property, handling / Handling of the JMSXDeliveryCount message property
  • API, simplifying / Simplification of the API
• JMS 1.1 / Productivity
• JMSProducer / Simplification of the API
• JMSXDeliveryCount message property
  • handling / Handling of the JMSXDeliveryCount message property
• Job
  • about / Understanding the Batch API, Job
• JobOperator / JobOperator
• JobRepository
  • about / JobRepository
• JPA
  • about / JPA (Java Persistence API)
  • in action / JPA in action
• JPA 2.1
  • about / The latest improvements of JPA 2.1 in action
  • persistence context, synchronization / Persistence context synchronization
  • persistence context synchronization / Persistence context synchronization
  • entity listener / Entity
  • annotations / New annotations
  • entity graphs / Entity graphs
  • JPQL / JPQL
  • DDL generation / DDL generation
• JPQL
  • about / JPQL
  • stored procedures, support / Support for stored procedures
  • ON keyword / New reserved identifiers
  • FUNCTION keyword / New reserved identifiers
  • TREAT keyword / New reserved identifiers
  • named queries, creating at runtime / Support for creating named queries at runtime
• JSF (JavaServerFaces)
  • about / What is JavaServer Faces?
• JSF (JavaServer Faces) / HTML5 support
  • about / What is JavaServer Faces?
  • identification page / An identification page with JSF
  • improvements / The latest improvements of JSF 2.2 in action
  • HTML5-friendly markup / HTML5-friendly markup
  • Pass-through attributes / Pass-through attributes
  • Pass-through elements / Pass-through elements
  • Resource Library Contracts / Resource Library Contracts
  • Faces Flows / Faces Flow
  • stateless views / Stateless views
• JSON
  • about / What is JSON?
  • object / Object
  • array / Array
  • value / Value
  • need for / Why JSON?
• JSON data presentation / Why JSON?
• JSON processing
  • streaming API / The streaming API
  • object model API / The object model API
• JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) / The latest improvements of EL 3.0 in action
• JSR-338 / Java Persistence API 2.1
• JTA
  • about / The Java Transaction API
  • in action / JTA in action
  • innovations / Innovations introduced by JTA 1.2

L

• Lambda expression / Lambda expressions
• lazily / Entity graphs
• ldap realm / Creating a realm
• List object construction / Collection object construction
• login method / Integrating the authenticate, login, and logout methods called
• logout method / Integrating the authenticate, login, and logout methods called

M

• @MailSessionDefinition annotation / The added annotations
• @Max constraint / Validating your data
• @MessageDriven annotation / Harmonizing with JMS's novelties
• @Min constraint / Validating your data
• ManagedExecutorService interface / Java EE Concurrency API
• ManagedExecutorService resource environment / Java EE Concurrency API
• ManagedScheduledExecutorService interface / Java EE Concurrency API
• ManagedThreadFactory interface / Java EE Concurrency API
• Map object construction / Collection object construction
• Message-Driven Bean (MDB)
  • about / Harmonizing with JMS's novelties
• MessageConsumer object / Simplification of the API
• MessageInfo parameter type / Support for forward and include mechanisms
• Message Oriented Middleware (MOM) / When to use JMS
• MessageProducer object / Simplification of the API
• MimeMessage class / Sending an e-mail via the SMTP protocol
• MyGzipWriterJaxRsInterceptor class / Entity interceptors
• MyGzipWriterJaxRsInterceptor interceptor / Entity interceptors
• MySessionBean class / The goal of this specification

N

• @Named annotation / Example 2 – accessing an EJB from a JSF page
• @NamedEntityGraph annotation / Static or named entity graphs
• @NotNull constraint / Validating your data
• @Null constraint / Validating your data
• named entity graphs / Static or named entity graphs
• Non-blocking IO API / Non blocking I/O API
• nonPersistentEJBTimerService() method / EJB Lite improvements

O

• @OnClose annotation / Server endpoint
• @OnError annotation / Server endpoint
• @OnMessage annotation / Server endpoint
• @OnOpen annotation / Server endpoint
• object
  • about / Object
• object model API / The object model API
• objects
  • used by factory, creating / Example 4 – use of objects usually created by a factory
• oldMethod() method / The goal of this specification
• on() method / Support for new reserved identifiers
• ON keyword / New reserved identifiers
• onMessage method / Harmonizing with JMS's novelties
• ONPRINS / Presenting the project
• ORMs (Object-relational mapping)
  • URL / JPA (Java Persistence API)

P

• @Past constraint / Validating your data
• @Pattern constraint / Validating your data
• @PostConstruct lifecycle callback method / Entity
• @PreDestroy lifecycle callback method / Entity
• @Provider annotation / Filters
• passivationCapable attribute / Session bean enhancement
• persistence context, JPA 2.1
  • synchronization / Persistence context synchronization
• persistence context, JPA 2.1
  • synchronization / Persistence context synchronization
• poisonous messages / Handling of the JMSXDeliveryCount message property
• POJO
  • instantiation / Example 1 – instantiation of a POJO
• POP3 (Post Office Protocol) / Sending e-mails in Java
• process() method / Building your own annotation

Q

• query hint / Static or named entity graphs

R

• @Resource annotation / Java EE Concurrency API, The goal of this specification
• @Retention annotation / Building your own annotation
• Reader-Processor-Writer pattern / Understanding the Batch API
• ReaderInterceptor interface / Entity interceptors
• ReadListener / Non blocking I/O API
• ReadListenerImpl / Non blocking I/O API
• realm
  • creating / Creating a realm
  • file realm / Creating a realm
  • ldap realm / Creating a realm
  • jdbc realm / Creating a realm
  • solaris realm / Creating a realm
  • certificate realm / Creating a realm
• realm_users table / Creating a realm
• registerCandidate method / Class diagram
• resource adapter / What is JCA?
• Resource Library Contracts / Resource Library Contracts
• RESTful Web Services
  • Java API for / Java API for RESTful Web Services
• resume() method / Asynchronous processing

S

• @ServerEndpoint annotation / Server endpoint
• @Size constraint / Validating your data
• @Stateful annotation / Session bean enhancement
• @SupportedAnnotationTypes annotation / Building your own annotation
• secureResponse() method / Implementing the ServerAuthModule interface
• security
  • configuring / Security configuration
• Semi-colon operator (;) / Semi-colon operator (;)
• ServerAuthConfig object / Standardizing access to the application context identifier
• ServerAuthModule interface method / Implementing the ServerAuthModule interface
• server endpoint / Server endpoint
• Servlet
  • about / What is a Servlet?
  • login page with / A login page with a Servlet
  • login with / A login page with a Servlet
• Servlet 3.1
  • about / Servlet 3.1
  • improvements / Latest improvements of Servlet 3.1 in action
  • Non-blocking IO API / Non blocking I/O API
  • protocol processing, upgrade / Protocol upgrade processing
• ServletInputStream class / Non blocking I/O API
• ServletOutputStream class / Non blocking I/O API
• session bean
  • stateless session bean / Session bean enhancement
  • stateful session bean / Session bean enhancement
  • singleton session bean / Session bean enhancement
• SessionContext / The goal of this specification
• session object / Sending an e-mail via the SMTP protocol
• setAsync() method / Sending messages asynchronously
• Set object construction / Collection object construction
• SGML (Standardised Generalised Markup Language) / Why JSON?
• singleton session bean / Session bean enhancement
• SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) / Sending e-mails in Java
• SMTP protocol
  • used, for sending e-mail / Sending an e-mail via the SMTP protocol
• SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) / When to use Web Services
• solaris realm / Creating a realm
• startValidationBatchJob method / Class diagram
• stateless session bean / Session bean enhancement
• stateless view / Stateless views
• static entity graphs / Static or named entity graphs
• StAX API / The streaming API
• step
  • about / Step
• stored procedure / Support for stored procedures
• stream() method / Collection operations
• streaming API / The streaming API
• String concatenation operator (+=) / String concatenation operator (+=)
• SynchronizationType.UNSYNCHRONIZED persistence context / Persistence context synchronization

T

• @Target annotation / Building your own annotation
• @TransactionAttribute annotation / Session bean enhancement, The goal of this specification
• TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) / What is WebSocket?
• T find(Class<T> type, Object o) method / JPA in action
• TimerService API
  • modifications / Changes made to the TimerService API
• T merge(T t) method / JPA in action
• treat() method / Support for new reserved identifiers
• TREAT keyword / New reserved identifiers
• try-with-resources statement / Other improvements

U

• UCD
  • about / Use Case Diagram (UCD)
• Unfinished annotation / Building your own annotation
• Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). / JAX-RS in action
• users_groups table / Creating a realm

V

• @vetoed annotation / Avoiding CDI processing on a bean
• validateRequest() method / Implementing the ServerAuthModule interface
• validateRequest method / Support for forward and include mechanisms
• ValidationJobListener / Class diagram
• ValidationProcessor class / Class diagram
• ValidationReader class / Class diagram
• ValidationWriter class / Class diagram
• value / Value
• void detach(Object o) method / JPA in action
• void initialize(A constraintAnnotation) method / Implementing a validator
• void persist(Object o) method / JPA in action
• void remove(Object o) method / JPA in action

W

• @WebServlet annotation / A login page with a Servlet
• web application
  • authentication module, binding to / Binding the authentication module to a web application
• WebConnection class / Protocol upgrade processing
• Web Services
  • uses / When to use Web Services
• Web Services for Java EE 1.4
  • URL / Novelties of Java EE 7
• WebSocket
  • about / What is WebSocket?
  • need for / Why WebSocket?
• WebSockets API
  • about / The WebSocket API
  • Server endpoint / Server endpoint
  • Client endpoint / Client endpoint
• WriteListener / Non blocking I/O API
• WriterInterceptor implemention / Entity interceptors
• WriterInterceptor interface / Entity interceptors

X

• XML (EXtensible Markup Language) / Why JSON?
• XML data presentation / Why JSON?

Z

• @ZipResult annotation / Entity interceptors