/**
 * 
 */
package com.cloud.offerings.dao;

import com.cloud.offerings.NetworkOfferingVO;
import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDao;

/**
 * NetworkOfferingDao deals with searches and operations done on the
 * network_offering table.
 *
 */
public interface NetworkOfferingDao extends GenericDao<NetworkOfferingVO, Long> {
    /**
     * Returns the network offering that matches the name.
     * @param name name
     * @return NetworkOfferingVO
     */
    NetworkOfferingVO findByName(String name);
    
    /**
     * Persists the system network offering by checking the name.  If it
     * is already there, then it returns the correct one in the database.
     * If not, then it persists it into the database.
     * 
     * @param offering network offering to persist if not in the database.
     * @return NetworkOfferingVO backed by a row in the database
     */
    NetworkOfferingVO persistSystemNetworkOffering(NetworkOfferingVO offering);
}