cdmlib-persistence/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/persistence/dao/common/ICdmEntityDao.java

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   3 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   4 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   5 *
   6 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   7 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   8 */
   9
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.persistence.dao.common;
  11
  12 import java.util.List;
  13 import java.util.UUID;
  14 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
  15 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.CdmBase;
  16
  17 /**
  18  * an data access interface that all data access classes implement
  19  * @author m.doering
  20  * @version 1.0
  21  * @created 02-Nov-2007 19:36:10
  22  */
  23 public interface ICdmEntityDao<T extends CdmBase> {
  24
  25         /**
  26          * @param transientObject
  27          * @return
  28          * @throws DataAccessException
  29          */
  30         public UUID saveOrUpdate(T transientObject) throws DataAccessException;
  31
  32         //public UUID saveOrUpdateAll(Collection<T> transientObjects) throws DataAccessException;
  33
  34         /**
  35          * @param newOrManagedObject
  36          * @return
  37          * @throws DataAccessException
  38          */
  39         public UUID save(T newOrManagedObject) throws DataAccessException;
  40
  41         /**
  42          * @param transientObject
  43          * @return
  44          * @throws DataAccessException
  45          */
  46         public UUID update(T transientObject) throws DataAccessException;
  47
  48         /**
  49          * @param persistentObject
  50          * @return
  51          * @throws DataAccessException
  52          */
  53         public UUID delete(T persistentObject) throws DataAccessException;
  54
  55         /**
  56          * Returns a sublist of CdmBase instances stored in the database.
  57          * A maximum of 'limit' objects are returned, starting at object with index 'start'.
  58          * @param limit
  59          * @param start
  60          * @return
  61          * @throws DataAccessException
  62          */
  63         public List<T> list(int limit, int start) throws DataAccessException;
  64
  65         /**
  66          * @param id
  67          * @return
  68          * @throws DataAccessException
  69          */
  70         public T findById(int id) throws DataAccessException;
  71
  72         /**
  73          * @param Uuid
  74          * @return
  75          * @throws DataAccessException
  76          */
  77         public T findByUuid(UUID Uuid) throws DataAccessException;
  78
  79         /**
  80          * @param uuid
  81          * @return
  82          * @throws DataAccessException
  83          */
  84         public Boolean exists(UUID uuid) throws DataAccessException;
  85
  86         public int count();
  87
  88         public int count(Class clazz);
  89
  90         /**
  91          *
  92          */
  93         public void flush();
  94
  95 }