org.kuali.rice.krad.criteria
Interface CriteriaLookupDao

All Known Implementing Classes:

CriteriaLookupDaoJpa, CriteriaLookupDaoOjb, CriteriaLookupDaoProxy

public interface CriteriaLookupDao

Defines basic methods that CriteriaLookup Dao's must provide

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

<T> GenericQueryResults<T>	lookup(Class<T> queryClass, QueryByCriteria criteria) Looks up a type based on a query criteria.
<T> GenericQueryResults<T>	lookup(Class<T> queryClass, QueryByCriteria criteria, LookupCustomizer<T> customizer) Looks up a type based on a query criteria.

Method Detail

lookup

<T> GenericQueryResults<T> lookup(Class<T> queryClass,
                                  QueryByCriteria criteria)

Looks up a type based on a query criteria.

Type Parameters:

T - the type that is being looked up.

Parameters:

queryClass - the class to lookup

criteria - the criteria to lookup against. cannot be null.

Returns:

the results. will never be null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the criteria is null

lookup

<T> GenericQueryResults<T> lookup(Class<T> queryClass,
                                  QueryByCriteria criteria,
                                  LookupCustomizer<T> customizer)

Looks up a type based on a query criteria.

Type Parameters:

T - the type that is being looked up.

Parameters:

queryClass - the class to lookup

criteria - the criteria to lookup against. cannot be null.

Returns:

the results. will never be null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the criteria is null