Package org.dspace.content.dao

Interface EntityTypeDAO

All Superinterfaces:

GenericDAO<EntityType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

EntityTypeDAOImpl

public interface EntityTypeDAO
extends GenericDAO<EntityType>

Database Access Object Interface class for the EntityType object The implementation of this class is responsible for all database calls for the EntityType object and is autowired by spring This class should only be accessed from a single service and should never be exposed outside of the API

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	countEntityTypesByNames(Context context, List<String> names)
EntityType	findByEntityType(Context context, String entityType)	This method returns the EntityType object that has the given entityType String as label
List<EntityType>	getEntityTypesByNames(Context context, List<String> names, Integer limit, Integer offset)

Methods inherited from interface org.dspace.core.GenericDAO

create, delete, findAll, findAll, findByID, findByID, findMany, findUnique, save

Method Detail

findByEntityType

EntityType findByEntityType(Context context,
                            String entityType)
                     throws SQLException

This method returns the EntityType object that has the given entityType String as label

Parameters:

context - The relevant DSpace context

entityType - The entityType String that will be matched on to find the correct EntityType

Returns:

The EntityType object that has the entityType String as label

Throws:

SQLException - If something goes wrong

getEntityTypesByNames

List<EntityType> getEntityTypesByNames(Context context,
                                       List<String> names,
                                       Integer limit,
                                       Integer offset)
                                throws SQLException

Parameters:

context - DSpace context object

names - List of Entity type names that you want to retrieve

limit - paging limit

offset - the position of the first result to return

Returns:

Throws:

SQLException - if database error

countEntityTypesByNames

int countEntityTypesByNames(Context context,
                            List<String> names)
                     throws SQLException

Parameters:

context - DSpace context object

names - List of Entity type names that you want to retrieve

Returns:

Throws:

SQLException - If database error