3 namespace Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Database\Frontend;
5 // Import framework stuff
6 use Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Criteria\Criteria;
7 use Org\Mxchange\CoreFramework\Generic\FrameworkInterface;
10 * The general interface for all other database frontends
12 * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
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31 interface DatabaseFrontend extends FrameworkInterface {
33 * Getter for index key
35 * @return $indexKey Index key
37 function getIndexKey ();
40 * Getter for last exception
42 * @return $lastException Last exception or NULL if none occured
44 function getLastException ();
47 * Do a "select" query on the current table with the given search criteria and
48 * store it in cache for later usage
50 * @param $criteriaInstance An instance of a Criteria class
51 * @param $onlyKeys Only use these keys for a cache key
52 * @return $resultInstance An instance of a database result class
54 function doSelectByCriteria (Criteria $criteriaInstance, array $onlyKeys = []);
57 * Count the numbers of rows we shall receive
59 * @param $criteriaInstance An instance of a Criteria class
60 * @param $onlyKeys Only use these keys for a cache key
61 * @return $numRows Numbers of rows of database entries
63 function doSelectCountByCriteria (Criteria $criteriaInstance, array $onlyKeys = []);
66 * Generates primary key for this database frontend
68 * @return $primaryKey Primary key used in wrapped table
70 function generatePrimaryKey ();
73 * Counts total rows of this table
75 * @return $count Total rows of this table
77 function countTotalRows ();