* file databases the object shall be serialized and (maybe) transparently
* compressed before they got saved to a local file.
*
- * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@mxchange.org>
- * @version 0.3.0
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@ship-simu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
* @copyright Copyright(c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, this is free software
* @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
- * @link http://www.mxchange.org
+ * @link http://www.ship-simu.org
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
interface DatabaseFrontendInterface extends FrameworkDatabaseInterface {
/**
*
* @return Object The fully re-created object or instance to
* ObjectContainer
+ * @deprecated
*/
function loadObject ();
+
+ /**
+ * Makes sure that the database connection is up and alive
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function connectToDatabase ();
+
+ /**
+ * Starts a SELECT query on the database by given return type, table name
+ * and search criteria
+ *
+ * @param $resultType Result type ("array", "object" and "indexed" are valid)
+ * @param $tableName Name of the database table
+ * @param $criteria Search criteria class
+ * @return $resultData Result data of the query
+ * @throws UnsupportedCriteriaException If the criteria is unsupported
+ * @throws SqlException If an SQL error occurs
+ */
+ function querySelect ($resultType, $tableName, LocalSearchCriteria $criteriaInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * "Inserts" a data set instance into a local file database folder
+ *
+ * @param $dataSetInstance A storeable data set
+ * @return void
+ * @throws SqlException If an SQL error occurs
+ */
+ function queryInsertDataSet (StoreableCriteria $dataSetInstance);
}
// [EOF]