Developer Notes - ITwelzel.biz
Developer Notes - ITwelzel.biz
Developer Notes - ITwelzel.biz
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AddressDAO<br />
ContactsDAO<br />
Factory<br />
uses<br />
accesses<br />
selects/creates<br />
hsqldb<br />
Data Source<br />
PersonDAO<br />
Contact<br />
hsqldb<br />
ContactsDAO<br />
Client<br />
Service<br />
accesses<br />
Implements<br />
accesses<br />
CompanyDAO<br />
<br />
ContactsDAO<br />
accesses<br />
Figure 1: Implementation of the DAO design pattern for a DAO that accesses data for a<br />
business-contacts resource.<br />
<strong>Developer</strong> <strong>Notes</strong><br />
The DAO Interface<br />
Using the DAO pattern, a developer accesses a data source only in terms of its<br />
DAO interface. This approach shields the application or client service from<br />
modifications to the underlying data source. The following is an example of a<br />
DAO interface for a DAO that abstracts data and functionality for a data source<br />
that stores information for business contacts:<br />
public interface ContactsDAO<br />
{<br />
public Contact getContact(String personID,<br />
String addressID,<br />
String companyID)<br />
throws DAOException;<br />
public String addContact(String addStr)<br />
throws DAOException;<br />
public void modifyContact(String contactID,<br />
String modifyStr)<br />
throws DAOException;<br />
}<br />
public void deleteContact(Contact contact)<br />
throws DAOException;<br />
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