CustomerCos.java

/* 
 * Copyright (C) 2014 GG-Net GmbH - Oliver Günther
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package eu.ggnet.dwoss.customer.api;

/**
 * This interface shall provide the possibility to create or modify Customers.
 * <p/>
 * @author pascal.perau
 */
public interface CustomerCos {

    /**
     * Method for Customer creation.
     * <p/>
     * @return id of a new, persisted customer or zero if canceled
     */
    long createCustomer();

    /**
     * Method for Customer modification.
     * <p/>
     * @param customerId the SopoCustomer to be modified
     * @return weither the customer has changed
     */
    boolean updateCustomer(long customerId);
}