OrganizationTypeDAO.java

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package us.mn.state.health.lims.organization.dao;

import java.util.List;

import us.mn.state.health.lims.common.dao.BaseDAO;
import us.mn.state.health.lims.common.exception.LIMSRuntimeException;
import us.mn.state.health.lims.organization.valueholder.Organization;
import us.mn.state.health.lims.organization.valueholder.OrganizationType;


public interface OrganizationTypeDAO extends BaseDAO {

	public List<OrganizationType> getAllOrganizationTypes() throws LIMSRuntimeException;

	/**
	 * @param name the
	 * @return
	 * @throws LIMSRuntimeException
	 */
	public OrganizationType getOrganizationTypeByName(String name) throws LIMSRuntimeException;

	/**
	 * Find the organizations which belong to a certain organization type.
	 * @param names  name of organization type
	 * @return a list (possibly empty) of all the organizations associated with the type.
	 * @throws LIMSRuntimeException
	 */
    public List<Organization> getOrganizationsByTypeName(String orderByCol, String... names) throws LIMSRuntimeException;
}