1 /**
2 * Generated by Mod4j at Mon Oct 20 22:16:44 CEST 2008
3 */
4 package org.company.thesandbox.data.spring.dao;
5
6 import java.util.List;
7
8 import org.company.thesandbox.domain.Customer;
9
10 /**
11 * CustomerDaoBaseData Access Object (DAO). Responsible for accessing database.
12 *
13 * @author Mod4j generated
14 *
15 */
16 public interface CustomerDaoBase {
17
18 /**
19 * Retrieves a Customer by its ID from the database.
20 *
21 * @param id
22 * id of the Customer to retrieve.
23 * @return Customer retrieved or null when no Customer was found.
24 */
25 Customer retrieve(long id);
26
27 /**
28 * Adds a new Customer to the database
29 *
30 * @param object
31 * the Customer to add to the database.
32 * @return the stored Customer.
33 */
34 Customer add(Customer object);
35
36 /**
37 * Stores/Updates the Customer in the database. Inclusive all its posts.
38 *
39 * @param object
40 * the Customer to store/update
41 * @return
42 */
43 Customer update(Customer object);
44
45 /**
46 * Deletes a Customer from the database.
47 *
48 * @param object
49 * the Customer to delete
50 */
51 void delete(Customer object);
52
53 /**
54 * Selects all Customers from the database.
55 *
56 * @return a List of all Customer objects.
57 */
58 List<Customer> listAllCustomers();
59 }