taxeditor-bulkeditor/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/annotatedlineeditor/IEntityPersistenceService.java

   1 // $Id$
   2 /**
   3 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   4 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   5 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   6 *
   7 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   8 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   9 */
  10
  11 package eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.annotatedlineeditor;
  12
  13
  14 /**
  15  * Performs the retrieving and saving of a list of entities edited by a <code>ListEditor</code>,
  16  * interacting with the persistence layer.
  17  * <p>
  18  * The methods' element input parameter is typically the <code>ListEditor</code>'s <code>IEditorInput</code>.
  19  *
  20  * @author p.ciardelli
  21  * @created 07.07.2009
  22  * @version 1.0
  23  */
  24 public interface IEntityPersistenceService<T> {
  25
  26         /**
  27          * <p>create</p>
  28          *
  29          * @param entity a {@link java.lang.Object} object.
  30          * @return a boolean.
  31          */
  32         boolean create(T entity);
  33
  34         /**
  35          * <p>save</p>
  36          *
  37          * @param entity a {@link java.lang.Object} object.
  38          * @return a boolean.
  39          */
  40         boolean save(T entity);
  41
  42         /**
  43          * <p>merge</p>
  44          *
  45          * @param entity a {@link java.lang.Object} object.
  46          * @param mergeTarget a {@link java.lang.Object} object.
  47          * @return a boolean.
  48          */
  49         boolean merge(T entity, T mergeTarget);
  50
  51         /**
  52          * <p>delete</p>
  53          *
  54          * @param entity a {@link java.lang.Object} object.
  55          * @return a boolean.
  56          */
  57         boolean delete(T entity);
  58 }