package gw.commons.entity
uses gw.lang.reflect.IType

class KeyableBeanUtil {

  /**
   * Returns the actual EntityType of this Bean - this property is used to get the database-backed
   * type of a bean.  Most beans return their own type; but beans that are an IProductModelType 
   * return the Supertype of their type - this will be an actual EntityType backed by the database.
   */
  static function getProductModelAwareEntityType(bean : KeyableBean) : IType {
    if ((typeof bean).Namespace == "productmodel") {
      return (typeof bean).Supertype
    } else {
      return typeof bean
    }
  }
}