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
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*/
/**
* 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);
}