AdInterestDAO.java

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package nl.strohalm.cyclos.dao.members;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;

import nl.strohalm.cyclos.dao.BaseDAO;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.dao.DeletableDAO;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.dao.InsertableDAO;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.dao.UpdatableDAO;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.entities.ads.Ad;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.entities.exceptions.DaoException;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.entities.members.Member;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.entities.members.adInterests.AdInterest;
import nl.strohalm.cyclos.entities.members.adInterests.AdInterestQuery;

/**
 * Interface for ad interest dao
 * @author jefferson
 */
public interface AdInterestDAO extends BaseDAO<AdInterest>, InsertableDAO<AdInterest>, DeletableDAO<AdInterest>, UpdatableDAO<AdInterest> {

    /**
     * Iterates over all ad interests for all members
     */
    public Iterator<Member> resolveMembersToNotify(Ad ad);

    /**
     * Searches for ad interests. If no entity can be found, returns an empty list. If any exception is thrown by the underlying implementation, it
     * should be wrapped by a DaoException.
     */
    public List<AdInterest> search(AdInterestQuery queryParameters) throws DaoException;

}