/* * Copyright 2012 Jakob Külzer * * 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. */ package org.om.core.api.persistence.request; import org.om.core.api.persistence.PersistenceAdapter; /** * Describes a request for a {@link PersistenceAdapter}. The idea behind this * class is that a {@link PersistenceAdapter} needs some information in order to * retrieve the appropriate properties/entities. This interface describes the * minimum a persistence adapter can expect. * * @author Jakob Külzer * */ public interface PersistenceRequest { /** * Returns the expected return type. * * @return */ Class<?> getExpectedType(); /** * States how the given {@link #getPath()} should be resolved. * * @return */ Mode getMode(); /** * Path used to resolve the request. * * @return */ String getPath(); }