MUM.profileService
Interface IProfileRepository

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProfileAgent, ProfileRepositoryFile

public interface IProfileRepository

This interface specify generic operations to interact with the User Profile DB. In this manner we can decouple the implementation of the DB from the application as in DAO (Data Access Object) pattern.

Method Summary

boolean	eliminateProfile(java.lang.String userIdentifier) This method eliminate an entry in the DB
IProfile	getProfile(java.lang.String userIdentifier) This method returns a factory for the desired interface
void	insertProfile(IProfile userProfile) This method introduce a new entry in the DB
boolean	modifyProfile(IProfile newProfile) This method modify an old profile, replacing it with a new profile passed as an argument

Method Detail

insertProfile

public void insertProfile(IProfile userProfile)
                   throws java.io.IOException

This method introduce a new entry in the DB

Parameters:

userProfile - the new presentation to insert in the DB

Throws:

java.io.IOException

modifyProfile

public boolean modifyProfile(IProfile newProfile)
                      throws java.io.IOException

This method modify an old profile, replacing it with a new profile passed as an argument

Parameters:

newProfile - the new profile

Returns:

false if the old profile wasn't present in the DB

Throws:

java.io.IOException

eliminateProfile

public boolean eliminateProfile(java.lang.String userIdentifier)
                         throws java.io.IOException

This method eliminate an entry in the DB

Parameters:

userIdentifier - the identifier of the user to eliminate from the DB

Returns:

false if the entry is not present

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getProfile

public IProfile getProfile(java.lang.String userIdentifier)

This method returns a factory for the desired interface

Returns:

the list of the available PresentationProfiles