AbstractEntityManager (Kuwaiba Open Network Inventory Server 2.1 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ApplicationEntityManager, BusinessEntityManager, MetadataEntityManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApplicationEntityManagerImpl, BusinessEntityManagerImpl, MetadataEntityManagerImpl
```
public interface AbstractEntityManager
```
An entity manager handles the business entities inside the database, that is, performs queries, creates, relates and deletes objects, etc. There are three types of entities in Kuwaiba: Application (users, pools, views), Metadata (classes, attributes and their relationships) and business (inventory objects). Each type has its own manager and all of them must extend from this interface.

Author:

Charles Edward Bedon Cortazar <charles.bedon@kuwaiba.org>

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`initCache()`	This optional method clears and builds the cache components needed in the current entity manager.
`void`	`setConfiguration(Properties properties)`	Configuration variables (usually, yet not necessarily read from a config file) that will be used to process some calls (for example file paths or constants).

- Method Detail
  - initCache
```
void initCache()
```
    This optional method clears and builds the cache components needed in the current entity manager.
  - setConfiguration
```
void setConfiguration(Properties properties)
```
    Configuration variables (usually, yet not necessarily read from a config file) that will be used to process some calls (for example file paths or constants).
    
    Parameters:
    
    properties - The set of properties. Each EM should document its variables and what are their default values.