/*
 * Copyright (c) 2013 David Hartveld
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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 */

package com.hartveld.commons.db;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;

public interface DAO<T extends EntityBase> {

	public abstract EntityManager getEntityManager();

	public abstract void flush();

	public abstract Class<T> getEntityClass();

	public abstract String getEntityName();

	public abstract List<T> retrieveAll();

	public abstract T retrieveById(final long id);

	public abstract void persist(final EntityBase entity);

	public abstract void persistAll(final EntityBase... entities);

	public abstract void persistAll(final Collection<? extends EntityBase> entities);

	public abstract void remove(final EntityBase entity);

	public abstract void removeById(final long id);

}
