1 /**
2 * Copyright 2006 Matthew Purland (m.purland@gmail.com)
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package net.sf.mud4j.dao;
17
18 import java.util.List;
19
20 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
21
22 /**
23 * Character dao interface.
24 *
25 * @author Matthew Purland
26 */
27 public interface CharacterDao {
28 /**
29 * Get a character that matches the characterId.
30 *
31 * @param characterId Character id to find character.
32 * @return Returns character from characterId
33 *
34 * @throws DataAccessException in case of data I/O problems
35 */
36 public Character getCharacter(String characterId) throws DataAccessException;
37
38 /**
39 * Get list of characters.
40 *
41 * @return Returns a list of characters.
42 *
43 * @throws DataAccessException in case of data I/O problems
44 */
45 public List getCharacters() throws DataAccessException;
46
47 /**
48 * Save and persist a character.
49 * @param character Character instance to save.
50 *
51 * @throws DataAccessException in case of data I/O problems
52 */
53 public void saveCharacter(Character character) throws DataAccessException;
54
55 /**
56 * Remove a character.
57 *
58 * @param character Character to remove.
59 *
60 * @throws DataAccessException in case of data I/O problems
61 */
62 public void removeCharacter(String characterId) throws DataAccessException;
63 }