CategoryDao (OpenNMS 29.0.9 API)

All Superinterfaces:

OnmsDao<OnmsCategory,Integer>

All Known Implementing Classes:

CategoryDaoHibernate, MockCategoryDao
```
public interface CategoryDao
extends OnmsDao<OnmsCategory,Integer>
```
CategoryDao interface.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`OnmsCategory`	`findByName(String name)`	findByName
`OnmsCategory`	`findByName(String name, boolean useCached)`	findByName
`List<String>`	`getAllCategoryNames()`	getAllCategoryNames
`List<OnmsCategory>`	`getCategoriesWithAuthorizedGroup(String groupName)`	getCategoriesWithAuthorizedGroup
`List<org.hibernate.criterion.Criterion>`	`getCriterionForCategorySetsUnion(String[]... categories)`	getCriterionForCategorySetsUnion

Methods inherited from interface org.opennms.netmgt.dao.api.OnmsDao
clear, countAll, countMatching, delete, delete, findAll, findMatching, flush, get, initialize, load, lock, save, saveOrUpdate, update

- Method Detail
  - findByName
```
OnmsCategory findByName(String name)
```
    findByName
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - a String object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a OnmsCategory object.
  - findByName
```
OnmsCategory findByName(String name,
                        boolean useCached)
```
    findByName
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - a String object.
    
    useCached - a boolean.
    
    Returns:
    
    a OnmsCategory object.
  - getAllCategoryNames
```
List<String> getAllCategoryNames()
```
    getAllCategoryNames
    
    Returns:
    
    a List object.
  - getCriterionForCategorySetsUnion
```
List<org.hibernate.criterion.Criterion> getCriterionForCategorySetsUnion(String[]... categories)
```
    getCriterionForCategorySetsUnion
    
    Parameters:
    
    categories - an array of String objects.
    
    Returns:
    
    a List object.
  - getCategoriesWithAuthorizedGroup
```
List<OnmsCategory> getCategoriesWithAuthorizedGroup(String groupName)
```
    getCategoriesWithAuthorizedGroup
    
    Parameters:
    
    groupName - a String object.
    
    Returns:
    
    a List object.