Coverage Report - org.apache.ojb.broker.ManageableCollection
 
Classes in this File Line Coverage Branch Coverage Complexity
ManageableCollection
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 package org.apache.ojb.broker;
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 /* Copyright 2002-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
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  *
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  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
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  *
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  *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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  *
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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  * limitations under the License.
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  */
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 import java.util.Iterator;
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 /**
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  * OJB can handle java.util.Collection as well as user defined collection classes as collection attributes
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  * in persistent classes. In order to collaborate with the OJB mechanisms these collection must provide a minimum
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  * protocol as defined by this interface ManageableCollection.
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  * The methods have a prefix "ojb" that indicates that these methods are "technical" methods, required
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  * by OJB and not to be used in business code.
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  *
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  * @author Thomas Mahler
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  * @version $Id: ManageableCollection.java,v 1.1 2007-08-24 22:17:36 ewestfal Exp $
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  */
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 public interface ManageableCollection extends java.io.Serializable
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 {
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     /**
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      * Adds a single object to the Collection. This method is used during reading collection elements
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      * from the database. Thus it is safe to cast the object to the underlying element type of the
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      * collection.
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      * 
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      * @param anObject The object to add
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      */
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     void ojbAdd(Object anObject);
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     /**
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      * Adds another collection to this collection. Used in reading extents from the database.
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      * Thus it is safe to cast the given collection to this class.
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      * 
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      * @param otherCollection The added collection
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      */
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     void ojbAddAll(ManageableCollection otherCollection);
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     /**
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      * Returns an iterator over all elements in the collection. Used during store and delete
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      * operations. If the implementor does not return an iterator over ALL elements, OJB cannot
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      * store and delete all elements properly.
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      *
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      * @return The iterator
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      */
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     Iterator ojbIterator();
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     /**
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      * A callback method to implement 'removal-aware' (track removed objects and delete
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      * them by its own) collection implementations.
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      * 
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      * @param broker The persistence broker
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      */
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     public void afterStore(PersistenceBroker broker) throws PersistenceBrokerException;
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 }