br.com.arsmachina.tapestrycrud.grid
Interface PagedSearch<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the elements returned.

public interface PagedSearch<T>

Interface that defines a search that can be carried on in a paged fashion.

Author:

Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo

Method Summary

int	count() Return the number of available objects to be returned by the search.
List<T>	search(int firstIndex, int maximumResults, br.com.arsmachina.dao.SortCriterion... sortingConstraints) Performs the search.

Method Detail

search

List<T> search(int firstIndex,
               int maximumResults,
               br.com.arsmachina.dao.SortCriterion... sortingConstraints)

Performs the search.

Parameters:

firstIndex - an int with the index of the first object to be returned. The first object has index 0.

maximumResults - an int with the maximum number of objects to be returned.

sortingConstraints - an SortCriterion array used to define how the returned list will be sorted.

Returns:

a List of T.

count

int count()

Return the number of available objects to be returned by the search.

Returns:

an int.