IRepositoryStrategy.java

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 *  Copyright 2008  Gisgraphy project 
 *  David Masclet <davidmasclet@gisgraphy.com>
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package com.gisgraphy.domain.repository;

import java.util.Collection;

import com.gisgraphy.domain.geoloc.entity.GisFeature;

public interface IRepositoryStrategy {

    /**
     * @param placeType
     *                the placetype we'd like to retrieve the dao. if the place
     *                type is null the gisFeatureDao will be return
     * @return the dao corresponding to the specified class
     * @throws a
     *                 RepositoryException if no dao is found for the specified
     *                 placetype
     */
    public abstract IGisDao<?> getDao(
	    Class<?> placeType);

    /**
     * @return all the availables daos. never return null but an empty Arraylist
     *         if there is no dao
     */
    public abstract Collection<IGisDao<? extends GisFeature>> getAvailablesDaos();

}