org.davesag.generica.controller
Interface Saver

All Superinterfaces:

ActionController, Controller

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractUserProfileController

public interface Saver

extends ActionController

An implementation of the Saver interface must be able to save an object to a peristant store.

Since:

Generica 1.0

Version:

CVS Revision $Id: Saver.java,v 1.2 2004/03/30 10:12:56 norm Exp $

Author:

Dave Sag http://www.davesag.com

Method Summary

Object

save(Object o) Saves the supplied object to the persistant store.

Methods inherited from interface org.davesag.generica.controller.ActionController

setAction

Methods inherited from interface org.davesag.generica.controller.Controller

setForm, setRequest, setResponse

Method Detail

save

public Object save(Object o)
            throws Exception

Saves the supplied object to the persistant store.

Parameters:

o - The object to save.

Returns:

The saved object, or if you could not save and an error could be deretimied then return a set of ActionErrors. The HandleUpdateAction will then return those errors rather than continuing.

Throws:

Exception - if something went wrong.