Improved entity creation.

alkacon · Jan 24, 2012 · b258e57 · b258e57
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commit b258e57
Showing 1 changed file with 14 additions and 5 deletions.
diff --git a/src/com/alkacon/vie/client/Vie.java b/src/com/alkacon/vie/client/Vie.java
@@ -94,11 +94,20 @@ public native void bindFunctionToEntities(String functionName, I_EntityCallback
      * @return the new entity
      */
     public native I_Entity createEntity(String entityId, String entityType) /*-{
-        var properties = {
-            '@subject' : entityId,
-            '@type' : entityType
-        };
-        var entityInstance = new this.Entity(properties);
+        var entityType = this.types.get(entityType);
+        var entityInstance;
+        if (entityType != null) {
+            // if the type is available, use it to create the new instance
+            entityInstance = entityType.instance({
+                '@subject' : entityId
+            });
+        } else {
+            // otherwise create a new entity
+            entityInstance = new this.Entity({
+                '@subject' : entityId,
+                '@type' : entityType
+            });
+        }
         return this.entities.addOrUpdate(entityInstance);
     }-*/;