cloudstack/api/src/com/cloud/dao/EntityManager.java

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/**
* Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud.com, Inc. All rights reserved.
*
* This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
*
* It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
*/
package com.cloud.dao;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;
import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericSearchBuilder;
import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchBuilder;
import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchCriteria;
/**
* Generic Entity Manager to retrieve database objects.
*
*/
public interface EntityManager {
/**
* Finds an entity by its id.
* @param <T> class of the entity you're trying to find.
* @param <K> class of the id that the entity uses.
* @param entityType Type of the entity.
* @param id id value
* @return T if found; null if not.
*/
public <T, K extends Serializable> T findById(Class<T> entityType, K id);
/**
* Finds an entity by external id which is always String
* @param <T> entity class
* @param entityType type of entity you're looking for.
* @param xid external id
* @return T if found, null if not.
*/
public <T> T findByXid(Class<T> entityType, String xid);
/**
* Lists all entities. Use this method at your own risk.
* @param <T> entity class
* @param entityType type of entity you're looking for.
* @return List<T>
*/
public <T> List<? extends T> list(Class<T> entityType);
/**
* Persists the entity.
* @param <T> entity class
* @param t entity
* @return persisted entity. Only use this after persisting.
*/
public <T> T persist(T t);
public <T> SearchBuilder<T> createSearchBuilder(Class<T> entityType);
public <T, K> GenericSearchBuilder<T, K> createGenericSearchBuilder(Class<T> entityType, Class<K> resultType);
public <T, K> List<K> search(Class<T> entityType, SearchCriteria<K> sc);
public <T, K extends Serializable> void remove(Class<T> entityType, K id);
}