package ch.ffhs.webE.dao;

import java.util.List;

import ch.ffhs.webE.domain.Term;

/**
 * Defines methods all term DAO implementations must implement
 * 
 * @author pelinux
 */
public interface TermDAO
{
  /**
   * @return
   */
  List<Term> getTerms();

  /**
   * Delete a term
   * 
   * @param termId
   *          Term ID
   */
  void deleteTerm(int termId);

  /**
   * Retrieves a term by ID
   * 
   * @param termId
   * @return
   */
  Term getTermById(int termId);

  /**
   * Executes the query to save the term
   * 
   * @param term
   *          Domain object to be saved
   * @return <code>true</code> if successful, <code>false</code> otherwise
   */
  boolean saveOrUpdate(Term term);
}