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Interface Dao<E>

public interface Dao<E>

The DAO interface

Provides the most basic DAO operations to manipulate a data source.

Author:

maurice.zeijen@smies.com

Method Summary

E	delete(E entity) Deletes the entity instance from the datasource
E	insert(E entity) Inserts the entity instance in to the datasource
E	update(E entity) Updates the entity instance in the datasource

Method Detail

insert

E insert(E entity)

Inserts the entity instance in to the datasource

Parameters:

entity - The entity object to insert

Returns:

The inserted entity. The Dao should only return an entity that represents the inserted entity but is a different object then the one that was used as the parameter. If this is not the case then NULL should be returned.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Indicates that this Dao doesn't support the insert operation.

update

E update(E entity)

Updates the entity instance in the datasource

Parameters:

entity - The entity object to update

Returns:

The updated entity. The Dao should only return an entity that represents the updated entity but is a different object then the one that was used as the parameter. If this is not the case then NULL should be returned.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Indicates that this Dao doesn't support the update operation.

delete

E delete(E entity)

Deletes the entity instance from the datasource

Parameters:

entity - The entity object to delete

Returns:

The deleted entity. The Dao should only return an entity that represents the deleted entity but is a different object then the one that was used as the parameter. If this is not the case then NULL should be returned.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - Indicates that this Dao doesn't support the delete operation.