* 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
+ */
+ 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.
*