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* This file is part of aion-emu <aion-emu.com>.
*
* aion-emu is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*
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*/
package com.aionemu.commons.database.dao;
/**
* This class represents basic DAO. It should be subclasses by abstract class and that class has to implement method
* {@link #getClassName()}.<br>
* This class must return {@link Class#getName()}, {@link #getClassName()} should be final.<br>
* DAO subclass must have public no-arg constructor, in other case {@link InstantiationException} will be thrown by
* {@link com.aionemu.commons.database.dao.DAOManager}
*
* @author SoulKeeper
*/
public interface DAO
{
/**
* Unique identifier for DAO class, all subclasses must have same identifiers. Must return {@link Class#getName()}
* of abstract class
*
* @return identifier of DAO class
*/
public String getClassName();
/**
* Returns true if DAO implementation supports database or false if not. Database information is provided by
* {@link java.sql.DatabaseMetaData}
*
* @param databaseName
* name of database
* @param majorVersion
* major version of database
* @param minorVersion
* minor version of database
* @return true if database is supported or false in other case
*/
public boolean supports(String databaseName, int majorVersion, int minorVersion);
}