com.beasys.commerce.foundation
Interface SmartCollectionReference

All Known Implementing Classes:

PersistenceHelper.DefaultSmartCollectionReference

public interface SmartCollectionReference

An interface for classes that wrap a collection, and handle intelligent persistence of the Collection's contents; i.e., only making database calls when necessary rather than updating the entire collection when only a subset of it has changed, etc.

Method Summary

java.util.Iterator	cursor() Get an iterator over the collection's contents
java.util.Collection	getCollection() Get the entire collection
void	setCollection(java.util.Collection collection) Set the entire collection

Method Detail

setCollection

public void setCollection(java.util.Collection collection)

Set the entire collection

Parameters:

the - collection to set

getCollection

public java.util.Collection getCollection()

Get the entire collection

Returns:

the wrapped Collection

cursor

public java.util.Iterator cursor()

Get an iterator over the collection's contents

Returns:

an iterator over the collection's contents