1 // Copyright 2008 Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo
2 //
3 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
4 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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6 //
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8 //
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10 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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14
15 package br.com.arsmachina.tapestrycrud.factory;
16
17 import java.io.Serializable;
18
19 import org.apache.tapestry5.PrimaryKeyEncoder;
20
21 import br.com.arsmachina.dao.DAO;
22
23 /**
24 * Interface that defines a factory of {@link PrimaryKeyEncoder}s.
25 *
26 * @author Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo
27 */
28 public interface PrimaryKeyEncoderFactory {
29
30 /**
31 * Builds a {@link PrimaryKeyEncoder} instance for the given entity class. It must return null
32 * if the given class is not supported.
33 *
34 * @param <T> an entity class.
35 * @param entityClass a {@link Class} entity. It cannot be null.
36 * @return a {@link DAO} or null.
37 */
38 <T, K extends Serializable> PrimaryKeyEncoder<K, T> build(Class<T> entityClass);
39
40 }