package org.jtheque.persistence; /* * Copyright JTheque (Baptiste Wicht) * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ /** * A query mapper. Namely, a query mapper create SQL queries from Entity to insert them on database or update them. * * @author Baptiste Wicht * @see Query * @see Entity */ public interface QueryMapper { /** * Construct an insert query for the entity. * * @param entity The entity to build the query for. * * @return The builded query. */ Query constructInsertQuery(Entity entity); /** * Construct an org.jtheque.update query of the entity. * * @param entity The entity to build the query for. * * @return The builded query. */ Query constructUpdateQuery(Entity entity); }