it.amattioli.dominate
Interface RepositoryFactory

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All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRepositoryFactory, CompositeRepositoryFactory, HibernateRepositoryFactory, MemoryRepositoryFactory

public interface RepositoryFactory

An abstract factory used by RepositoryRegistry to create instances of repositories.

Author:

andrea

Method Summary

<I extends Serializable,T extends Entity<I>> Repository<I,T>	getRepository(Class<T> c) Create a repository for objects of the given class.
<I extends Serializable,T extends Entity<I>> Repository<I,T>	getRepository(Collection<T> coll) Create an adapter that present the given collection as a repository.

Method Detail

getRepository

<I extends Serializable,T extends Entity<I>> Repository<I,T> getRepository(Class<T> c)

Create a repository for objects of the given class.

Type Parameters:

I - The class of the id of the objects contained in the constructed repository

T - The class of the objects contained in the constructed repository

Parameters:

c - The class object of the objects contained in the constructed repository

Returns:

a new repository for objects of class c or null if this repositoryFactory cannot create a repository for the given class

getRepository

<I extends Serializable,T extends Entity<I>> Repository<I,T> getRepository(Collection<T> coll)

Create an adapter that present the given collection as a repository.

Type Parameters:

I - The class of the id of the objects contained in the constructed repository

T - The class of the objects contained in the constructed repository

Parameters:

coll - The collection that will be adapted as a repository

Returns:

the newly created repository