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 * This file creating date: Feb 23, 2003 / 2:49:48 PM
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package net.jforum.dao;

import java.util.List;

import net.jforum.entities.Post;

/**
  * Model interface for {@link net.jforum.entities.Post}.
 * This interface defines methods which are expected to be
 * implementd by a specific data access driver. The intention is
 * to provide all functionality needed to update, insert, delete and
 * select some specific data.
 * 
 * @author Rafael Steil
 * @version $Id: PostDAO.java,v 1.12 2007/08/20 19:35:52 rafaelsteil Exp $
 */
public interface PostDAO 
{
	/**
	 * Gets a specific <code>Post</code>.
	 * 
	 * @param postId The Post ID to search
	 * @return <code>Post</code>object containing all the information
	 */
	public Post selectById(int postId) ;
		
	/**
	 * Delete a Post.
	 * 
	 * @param post Post The Post to delete
	 */
	public void delete(Post post) ;
	
	/**
	 * Updates a Post.
	 * 
	 * @param post Reference to a <code>Post</code> object to update
	 */
	public void update(Post post) ;
	
	/**
	 * Adds a new Post.
	 * 
	 * @param post Post Reference to a valid and configured <code>Post</code> object
	 * @return The new ID
	 */
	public int addNew(Post post) ;
	
	/**
	 * Selects all messages relacted to a specific topic. 
	 * 
	 * @param topicId The topic ID 
	 * @param startFrom The count position to start fetching
	 * @param count The total number of records to retrieve
	 * @return <code>ArrayList</code> containing all records found. Each entry of the <code>ArrayList</code> is a {@link net.jforum.entities.Post} object
	 */
	public List selectAllByTopicByLimit(int topicId, int startFrom, int count) ;


       /**
	 * Selects all posts associated to a specific user and belonging to 
	 * given forums
	 * @param userId int User ID.
	 * @param startFrom int
	 * @param count int
	 * @return  List
	 */
	public List selectByUserByLimit(int userId,int startFrom, int count) ;

    /**
     * Count user posts.
     * @param userId int
     * @return int
     */
	public int countUserPosts(int userId) ;

	/**
	 * Selects all messages relacted to a specific topic. 
	 * 
	 * @param topicId The topic ID 
	 * @return <code>ArrayList</code> containing all records found. Each entry of the <code>ArrayList</code> is a {@link net.jforum.entities.Post} object
	 */
	public List selectAllByTopic(int topicId) ;
	
	/**
	 * Delete all posts related to the given topic
	 * 
	 * @param topicId int
	 */
	public void deleteByTopic(int topicId) ;

	/**
	 * Count how many previous posts there are before the given post id
	 * @param postId int
	 * @return int
	 */
	public int countPreviousPosts(int postId) ;
	
	public List selectLatestByForumForRSS(int forumId, int limit);
	
	public List selectHotForRSS(int limit);
}