net.sf.oness.common.model.dao
Interface FinderDao

All Known Subinterfaces:

Dao

All Known Implementing Classes:

HibernateDao

public interface FinderDao

Interface to be implemented by Data Access Objects with finder operations

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

Author:

Carlos Sanchez

Method Summary

PaginatedList	find(AuditableBusinessObject value, int firstElement, int maxElements) Find objects with properties matching those of value.
java.util.List	findAll() Return all persistent instances
java.util.List	findById(java.util.Collection ids) Find a List of objects by their identifiers.

Method Detail

findById

public java.util.List findById(java.util.Collection ids)

Find a List of objects by their identifiers. This should return only the specified entity, not the associated ones.

Parameters:

ids - collection of identifiers

Returns:

the values with that ids

find

public PaginatedList find(AuditableBusinessObject value,
                          int firstElement,
                          int maxElements)

Find objects with properties matching those of value. This should not return the associated entities. Properties whose value is null and Collections are ignored.

Parameters:

value - parameters to filter on

firstElement - the first result, numbered from 0

maxElements - the maximum number of results

Returns:

findAll

public java.util.List findAll()

Return all persistent instances

Returns:

List of objects