Package ubic.gemma.persistence.service.common.measurement

Interface UnitDao

All Superinterfaces:

BaseDao<Unit>

All Known Implementing Classes:

UnitDaoImpl

@Repository
public interface UnitDao
extends BaseDao<Unit>

See Also:

• Unit

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Unit	find(Unit unit)	Does a look up for the given entity in the persistent storage, usually looking for a specific identifier ( either id or a string property).
Unit	findOrCreate(Unit unit)	Calls the find method, and if this method returns null, creates a new instance in the persistent storage.

Methods inherited from interface ubic.gemma.persistence.service.BaseDao

countAll, create, create, getElementClass, getIdentifierPropertyName, load, load, loadAll, loadReference, loadReference, reload, reload, remove, remove, remove, save, save, streamAll, streamAll, update, update

Method Details

find

Unit find(Unit unit)

Description copied from interface: BaseDao

Does a look up for the given entity in the persistent storage, usually looking for a specific identifier ( either id or a string property).

Specified by:

find in interface BaseDao<Unit>

Parameters:

unit - the entity to look for.

Returns:

an entity that was found in the persistent storage, or null if no such entity was found.

findOrCreate

Unit findOrCreate(Unit unit)

Description copied from interface: BaseDao

Calls the find method, and if this method returns null, creates a new instance in the persistent storage.

Specified by:

findOrCreate in interface BaseDao<Unit>

Parameters:

unit - the entity to look for and persist if not found.

Returns:

the given entity, guaranteed to be representing an entity present in the persistent storage.