/*
 * This file is part of Nuts Framework.
 * Copyright(C) 2009-2012 Nuts Develop Team.
 *
 * Nuts Framework is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 * 
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 *
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 */
package nuts.core.orm.dao;

import java.util.Map;


/**
 */
public interface DataAccessClient {
	/**
	 * @return the name
	 */
	String getName();
	
	/**
	 * @return model meta data map
	 */
	Map<String, ModelMetaData> getMetaDataMap();
	
	/**
	 * @param name model name
	 * @return model meta data
	 */
	ModelMetaData getMetaData(String name);

	/**
	 * @param name model name
	 * @return modelDao
	 */
	ModelDAO getModelDAO(String name, DataAccessSession session);

	/**
	 * @return An DataAccessSession instance.
	 */
	DataAccessSession openSession() throws DataAccessException;

	/**
	 * @param autoCommit auto commit
	 * @return An DataAccessSession instance.
	 */
	DataAccessSession openSession(boolean autoCommit) throws DataAccessException;
}
