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+<?php
+/**
+ * An interface for middleware database classes
+ *
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2015 Core Developer Team
+ * @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+ * @link http://www.shipsimu.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
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * 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/>.
+ */
+interface DatabaseConnector extends FrameworkDatabase {
+ /**
+ * Get an instance of this class (Singleton)
+ *
+ * @return $selfInstance An instance of this class
+ */
+ static function getSelfInstance ();
+
+ /**
+ * Setter for database connection
+ *
+ * @param $login Login to database
+ * @param $pass Password (plain)
+ * @param $dbase Database to choose
+ * @param $host Hostname to use
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function setConnectionData ($login, $pass, $dbase, $host='localhost');
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for connection data
+ *
+ * @return $connectData Connection data stored with this clas
+ */
+ function getConnectionData ();
+
+ /**
+ * Setter for the real database layer
+ * @param $dbLayer An instance of the real database layer
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function setDatabaseLayer (DatabaseBackend $dbLayer);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for index key
+ *
+ * @return $indexKey Index key
+ */
+ function getIndexKey ();
+
+ /**
+ * Runs a 'select' statement on the database layer with given table name
+ * and criteria. If this doesn't fail the result will be returned
+ *
+ * @param $tableName Name of the 'table' we shall query
+ * @param $criteriaInstance An instance of a Criteria class
+ * @return $result The result as an array
+ */
+ function doSelectByTableCriteria ($tableName, Criteria $criteriaInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for last exception
+ *
+ * @return $exceptionInstance Last thrown exception
+ */
+ function getLastException ();
+
+ /**
+ * 'Inserts' a data set instance into a local file database folder
+ *
+ * @param $dataSetInstance A storeable data set
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function queryInsertDataSet (StoreableCriteria $dataSetInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * 'Updates' a data set instance with a database layer
+ *
+ * @param $dataSetInstance A storeable data set
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function queryUpdateDataSet (StoreableCriteria $dataSetInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for primary key column of specified table name
+ *
+ * @param $tableName Name of table we need the primary key column from
+ * @return $primaryKey Primary key column of requested table
+ */
+ function getPrimaryKeyOfTable ($tableName);
+
+ /**
+ * Removes non-public data from given array.
+ *
+ * @param $data An array with possible non-public data that needs to be removed.
+ * @return $data A cleaned up array with only public data.
+ */
+ function removeNonPublicDataFromArray (array $data);
+
+ /**
+ * Counts total rows of given table
+ *
+ * @param $tableName Table name
+ * @return $count Total rows of given table
+ */
+ function countTotalRows($tableName);
+}
+
+// [EOF]
+?>