/*
Copyright (C) 2005  supergloo, inc. 

http://www.supergloo.com

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

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*/

package com.udcpension.data.base;
 
import net.sf.hibernate.Criteria;
import net.sf.hibernate.HibernateException;
import net.sf.hibernate.Session;

import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
import org.springframework.orm.hibernate.HibernateTemplate;

/**
 * Based on Hibernate Synchronizer
 * For more information or documentation, visit The Hibernate Synchronizer page
 * at http://www.binamics.com/hibernatesync or contact Joe Hudson at joe@binamics.com.
 * 
 * @author Joe Hudson
 * @author Todd McGrath 
 */
public abstract class SpringBaseRootDAO extends HibernateTemplate {
 
	/**
	 * Return the name of the configuration file to be used with this DAO or null if default
	 */
	public String getConfigurationFileName () {
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Return the specific Object class that will be used for class-specific
	 * implementation of this DAO.
	 * @return the reference Class
	 */
	protected abstract Class getReferenceClass();

	/**
	 * Return a Criteria object that relates to the DAO's table
	 */
	 protected Criteria createCriteria (Session s) throws DataAccessException {
	 	return s.createCriteria(getReferenceClass());
	 }

	/**
	 * Return a Criteria object that relates to the DAO's table
	 */
	 public Criteria createCriteria () throws HibernateException {
        Session s = getSessionFactory().openSession();
        return s.createCriteria(getReferenceClass());
	 }	 

	/**
	 * Return the property of the class you would like to use for default ordering
	 * @return the property name
	 */
	public String getDefaultOrderProperty () {
		return null;
	}


}