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[utils] / support / general / src / main / java / org / wamblee / persistence / Persistent.java

diff --git a/support/general/src/main/java/org/wamblee/persistence/Persistent.java b/support/general/src/main/java/org/wamblee/persistence/Persistent.java
index 5962d5f340500543d1071031d6f9fa41380755d1..e573b483c23ebea3a54429705ee22ccf0c3e0938 100644 (file)
--- a/support/general/src/main/java/org/wamblee/persistence/Persistent.java
+++ b/support/general/src/main/java/org/wamblee/persistence/Persistent.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2005 the original author or authors.
- *
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
+ * 
  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
+ * 
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -17,49 +17,46 @@ package org.wamblee.persistence;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-
 /**
- * Interface for persistent objects. This defines required functionality for all objects
- * that are persisted.
- *
- * Objects that implement this interface and which implement
- * {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}
- * should exclude the primary key and version from determining equality.
+ * Interface for persistent objects. This defines a generic interface for
+ * accessing primary key and version of entities.
  */
 public interface Persistent {
     /**
      * Gets the primary key.
-     *
+     * 
      * @return Primary key.
-     *
+     * 
      * @see #setPrimaryKey(Serializable)
      */
     Serializable getPrimaryKey();
 
     /**
      * Sets the primary key.
-     *
-     * @param aKey Primary key.
-     *
+     * 
+     * @param aKey
+     *            Primary key.
+     * 
      * @see #getPrimaryKey()
      */
     void setPrimaryKey(Serializable aKey);
 
     /**
      * Gets the version.
-     *
+     * 
      * @return Version.
-     *
+     * 
      * @see #setPersistedVersion(int)
      */
-    int getPersistedVersion();
+    Number getPersistedVersion();
 
     /**
      * Sets the version.
-     *
-     * @param aVersion Version.
-     *
+     * 
+     * @param aVersion
+     *            Version.
+     * 
      * @see #getPersistedVersion()
      */
-    void setPersistedVersion(int aVersion);
+    void setPersistedVersion(Number aVersion);
 }