/*
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Alfresco, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
 * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
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 *
 *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
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package org.alfresco.repo.avm;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * DAO for Repositories.
 * @author britt
 */
public interface AVMStoreDAO
{
    /**
     * Save an AVMStore, never before saved.
     * @param store The AVMStore
     */
    public void save(AVMStore store);
    
    /**
     * Delete the given AVMStore.
     * @param store The AVMStore.
     */
    public void delete(AVMStore store);
    
    /**
     * Get all AVMStores.
     * @return A List of all the AVMStores.
     */
    public List<AVMStore> getAll();

    /**
     * Get an AVMStore by name.
     * @param name The name of the AVMStore.
     * @return The AVMStore or null if not found.
     */
    public AVMStore getByName(String name);
    
    /**
     * Update the given AVMStore record.
     * @param rep The dirty AVMStore.
     */
    public void update(AVMStore rep);
}