com.objectwave.persist
Interface Broker

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBroker, ObjectPoolBroker, RemoteBeanBroker

public interface Broker

The API for persistence. Implementations can be flat files, serialized objects, or perhaps even a relational database. Just adhere to this API and the implementation can be plugged into the BrokerFactory.

Version:

4.0

Author:

Dave Hoag

Method Summary

void	beginTransaction()
void	close() Tell the broker the application is done with it.
void	commit()
int	count(SQLQuery q)
void	delete(Persistence obj)
void	deleteAll(SQLQuery q)
void	deleteObjects(java.util.ArrayList deleteList)
java.lang.Object	find(SQLQuery q) The return type of object allows the support of multiple collection types.
java.util.Vector	findAttributes(SQLQuery q, java.lang.String[] at)
Persistence	findUnique(SQLQuery q)
void	rollback()
void	save(Persistence obj)
void	saveObjects(java.util.ArrayList saveList)
void	setBrokerProperty(BrokerPropertyIF b)

Method Detail

setBrokerProperty

public void setBrokerProperty(BrokerPropertyIF b)

beginTransaction

public void beginTransaction()
                      throws QueryException

QueryException

commit

public void commit()
            throws QueryException

QueryException

count

public int count(SQLQuery q)
          throws QueryException

QueryException

delete

public void delete(Persistence obj)
            throws QueryException

QueryException

deleteObjects

public void deleteObjects(java.util.ArrayList deleteList)
                   throws QueryException

QueryException

find

public java.lang.Object find(SQLQuery q)
                      throws QueryException

The return type of object allows the support of multiple collection types.

QueryException

deleteAll

public void deleteAll(SQLQuery q)
               throws QueryException

QueryException

findAttributes

public java.util.Vector findAttributes(SQLQuery q,
                                       java.lang.String[] at)
                                throws QueryException

QueryException

findUnique

public Persistence findUnique(SQLQuery q)
                       throws QueryException

QueryException

rollback

public void rollback()
              throws QueryException

QueryException

save

public void save(Persistence obj)
          throws QueryException

QueryException

saveObjects

public void saveObjects(java.util.ArrayList saveList)
                 throws QueryException

QueryException

close

public void close()

Tell the broker the application is done with it. May not have any behavior