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 * Copyright (c) 2003, Rafael Steil
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 * This file creating date: Feb 23, 2003 / 2:43:40 PM
 * The JForum Project
 * http://www.jforum.net
 */
package net.jforum.model;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import net.jforum.entities.Forum;

/**
* Model interface for {@link net.jforum.Forum}.
 * This interface defines methods which are expected to be
 * implementd by a specific data access driver. The intention is
 * to provide all functionality needed to update, insert, delete and
 * select some specific data.
 * 
 * @author Rafael Steil
 * @version $Id: ForumModel.java,v 1.3 2004/11/05 03:29:49 rafaelsteil Exp $
 */
public interface ForumModel 
{
	/**
	 * Gets a specific <code>Forum</code>.
	 * 
	 * @param forumId The ForumID to search
	 * @return <code>Forum</code>object containing all the information
	 * @throws Exception
	 * @see #selectAll
	 */
	public Forum selectById(int forumId) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Selects all forums data from the database.
	 * 
	 * @return ArrayList with the forums found 
	 * @throws Exception
	 * @see #selectById
	 */
	public List selectAll() throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Sets the forum's order one level up.
	 * When you call this method on a specific forum, the forum that 
	 * is one level up will be sent down one level, and the forum which
	 * you are sending up wil take the order position of the forum which
	 * was sent down.
	 * 
	 * @param forumId
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void setOrderUp(int forumId) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Sets the forum's order one level down.
	 * For more information, take a look at {@link #setOrderUp} method. 
	 * The only different between both is that this method sends the 
	 * forum order down.
	 * 
	 * @param forumId
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void setOrderDown(int forumId) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Delete a forum.
	 * 
	 * @param forumId The forum ID to delete
	 * @throws Exception
	 * @see #canDelete(int)
	 */
	public void delete(int forumId) throws Exception;
		
	/**
	 * Updates a Forum.
	 * 
	 * @param forum Reference to a <code>Forum</code> object to update
	 * @throws Exception
	 * @see #update(int)
	 */
	public void update(Forum forum) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Adds a new Forum.
	 * 
	 * @param forum Reference to a valid and configured <code>Forum</code> object
	 * @return The forum's ID
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public int addNew(Forum forum) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Sets the last topic of a forum
	 * 
	 * @param forumId The forum ID to update
	 * @param postId Last post ID
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void setLastPost(int forumId, int postId) throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Increments the total number of topics of a forum
	 * 
	 * @param forumId The forum ID to update
	 * @param count Increment a total of <code>count</code> elements
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void incrementTotalTopics(int forumId, int count) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Decrements the total number of topics of a forum
	 * 
	 * @param forumId The forum ID to update
	 * @param count Decrement a total of <code>count</code> elements 
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void decrementTotalTopics(int forumId, int count) throws Exception;

	public Map getLastPostInfo(int forumId) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Gets the total number of messages of a forum
	 * 
	 * @param forumId The forum ID
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public int getTotalMessages() throws Exception; 
	
	/**
	 * Gets the total number os topics of some forum
	 * 
	 * @return Total of topics
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public int getTotalTopics(int forumId) throws Exception;

	
	/**
	 * Gets the last post id associated to the forum
	 * 
	 * @param forumId The forum id 
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public int getMaxPostId(int forumId) throws Exception;
	
	/**
	 * Move the topics to a new forum
	 * 
	 * @param topics The topics id array
	 * @param fromForumId The original forum id
	 * @param toForumId The destination forum id
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	public void moveTopics(String[] topics, int fromForumId, int toForumId) throws Exception;
}