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package com.ocs.dynamo.functional.dao;

import java.util.List;

import com.ocs.dynamo.dao.BaseDao;
import com.ocs.dynamo.functional.domain.Domain;
import com.ocs.dynamo.functional.domain.DomainChild;
import com.ocs.dynamo.functional.domain.DomainParent;

/**
 * Data access interface for managing domain entities.
 * 
 * 
 * @author Patrick Deenen ([email protected])
 *
 */
public interface DomainDao extends BaseDao {

    /**
     * Returns the children for a certain parent
     * 
     * @param parent
     * @return the children for the given parent
     */
    , P extends DomainParent> List findChildren(P parent);

    /**
     * 
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
     List findAllByType(Class type);

    /**
     * Finds an object based on a unique property value
     * 
     * @param propertyName  the name of the property
     * @param value         the desired value of the property
     * @param caseSensitive whether the match is case sensitive
     * @return
     */
     D findByTypeAndUniqueProperty(Class type, String propertyName, Object value, boolean caseSensitive);

}