/*
* Copyright 2010 demchuck.dima@gmail.com
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package common.services;
import common.beans.IMultiupdateBean;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
*
* @author demchuck.dima@gmail.com
*/
public interface IMultiupdateService<ID extends Serializable> {
/**
* updated some properties of entities
* WARNING entities must have an id not null
* @param propertyValues values of properties to be updated
* @param idValues id of entities to be updated
* @param propertyNames property names to be updated
* @return quantity of updated objects
*/
public int updateObjectArrayShortById(String[] propertyNames,ID[] idValues,Object[]... propertyValues);
/**
* bean that will be used for binding values on it
* and then saved to database
* @param size if there is a need of precreate some arrays, collections ...
* @return an object for multi update
*/
public IMultiupdateBean getMultiupdateBean(int size);
}
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