bexee.dao
Interface BPELProcessDAO

All Known Implementing Classes:

JDOBPELProcessDAO, MemoryBPELProcessDAO

public interface BPELProcessDAO

The BPELProcessDAO abstracts the underlying data access implementation for BPELProcess objects to enable transparent access to the data source.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $, $Date: 2004/12/15 14:18:09 $

Author:

Patric Fornasier, Pawel Kowalski

Method Summary

void	delete(java.lang.String name) Deletes a BPELProcess given its name.
void	deleteAll() Deletes a *ALL* BPELProcess es.
BPELProcess	find(java.lang.String name) Finds a BPELProcess given its name.
java.lang.String	insert(BPELProcess process) Inserts a new BPELProcess.
java.lang.String	replace(BPELProcess process) Replaces an existing BPELProcess.
void	update(BPELProcess process) Updates an existing BPELProcess.

Method Detail

insert

public java.lang.String insert(BPELProcess process)
                        throws DAOException

Inserts a new BPELProcess.

Parameters:

process - the BPELProcess to insert

Returns:

the name of the BPELProcess which serves as a unique identifier

Throws:

DAOException - to indicate that there went something wrong

find

public BPELProcess find(java.lang.String name)
                 throws DAOException

Finds a BPELProcess given its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the BPELProcess to find

Returns:

the BPELProcess or null if no BPELProcess matches the given name

Throws:

DAOException - to indicate that there went something wrong

delete

public void delete(java.lang.String name)
            throws DAOException

Deletes a BPELProcess given its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the BPELProcess to delete

Throws:

DAOException - to indicate that there went something wrong

deleteAll

public void deleteAll()
               throws DAOException

Deletes a *ALL* BPELProcess es.

Throws:

DAOException - to indicate that there went something wrong

update

public void update(BPELProcess process)
            throws DAOException

Updates an existing BPELProcess.

Parameters:

process - the BPELProcess to update

Throws:

DAOException - to indicate that there went something wrong

replace

public java.lang.String replace(BPELProcess process)
                         throws DAOException

Replaces an existing BPELProcess.

If the process doesn't exist it will be insert ed, otherwise it will be updated.

Parameters:

process - the BPELProcess to replace

Returns:

the id of the BPELProcess. This will be a new id in case the BPELProcess is insert ed or the id of the update d BPELProcess.

Throws:

DAOException - to indicate that there went something wrong