org.opensubsystems.patterns.listdata.persist
Interface ListFactory

All Superinterfaces:

org.opensubsystems.core.persist.DataFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ListDatabaseFactoryImpl

public interface ListFactory
extends org.opensubsystems.core.persist.DataFactory

This interface should be implemented by all data object factories, which support browsing through list of data object page by page.

Version:

$Id: ListFactory.java,v 1.4 2007/01/07 06:14:09 bastafidli Exp $

Author:

Julo Legeny

Code reviewer:

Miro Halas

Code reviewed:

1.2 2004/12/18 06:18:28 bastafidli

Method Summary

java.util.List	get(ListOptions options) Get list of data objects specified by the list options.
ListDefinition	getDefaultListDefinition() Get the default list definition, which will be used to retrieve the initial list of data objects

Methods inherited from interface org.opensubsystems.core.persist.DataFactory

get, getDataType

Method Detail

getDefaultListDefinition

ListDefinition getDefaultListDefinition()

Get the default list definition, which will be used to retrieve the initial list of data objects

Returns:

ListDefinition - list definition describing what list of data objects to retrieve by default.

get

java.util.List get(ListOptions options)
                   throws org.opensubsystems.core.error.OSSException

Get list of data objects specified by the list options.

Parameters:

options - - options specifying what data to retrieve

Returns:

List - list of selected items specified by the list option

Throws:

org.opensubsystems.core.error.OSSException - - error during select