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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1
* with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
* copy of the License at
*
* http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
* software distributed under the License is distributed on an
* "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND,
* either express or implied. See the License for the specific
* language governing permissions and limitations under the
* License.
*/
package org.alfresco.repo.admin.patch;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import org.alfresco.repo.domain.AppliedPatch;
/**
* Provides data access support for patch persistence.
*
* @since 1.2
* @author Derek Hulley
*/
public interface PatchDaoService
{
/**
* Creates and saves a new instance of the patch. This will not have all the mandatory
* properties set - only the ID.
*
* @param id the unique key
* @return Returns a new instance that can be manipulated
*/
public AppliedPatch newAppliedPatch(String id);
/**
* Retrieve an existing patch
*
* @param id the patch unique ID
* @return Returns the patch instance or null if one has not been persisted
*/
public AppliedPatch getAppliedPatch(String id);
/**
* Detaches the given instance from the persistence engine. This will
* ensure that any changes made to the java object do not get persisted,
* allowing the objects to be passed out to external clients without any
* concern of their lifecycle.
*
* @param appliedPatch the object to detach from persistence
*/
public void detach(AppliedPatch appliedPatch);
/**
* Get a list of all applied patches
*
* @return Returns a list of all applied patches
*/
public List<AppliedPatch> getAppliedPatches();
/**
* Get a list of all patches applied between the given dates
*
* @param from the lower date limit or null to ignore
* @param to the upper date limit or null to ignore
* @return Returns all applied patches
*/
public List<AppliedPatch> getAppliedPatches(Date from, Date to);
}