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+/**
+ * ============LICENSE_START====================================================
+ * org.onap.aaf
+ * ===========================================================================
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ===========================================================================
+ * 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.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END====================================================
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.onap.aaf.auth.dao;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.onap.aaf.auth.layer.Result;
+import org.onap.aaf.misc.env.Trans;
+
+/**
+ * DataAccessObject - ReadOnly
+ *
+ * It is useful to have a ReadOnly part of the interface for CachedDAO
+ *
+ * Normal DAOs will implement full DAO
+ *
+ * @author Jonathan
+ *
+ * @param <DATA>
+ */
+public interface DAO_RO<TRANS extends Trans,DATA> {
+ /**
+ * Get a List of Data given Key of Object Array
+ * @param objs
+ * @return
+ * @throws DAOException
+ */
+ public Result<List<DATA>> read(TRANS trans, Object ... key);
+
+ /**
+ * Get a List of Data given Key of DATA Object
+ * @param trans
+ * @param key
+ * @return
+ * @throws DAOException
+ */
+ public Result<List<DATA>> read(TRANS trans, DATA key);
+
+ /**
+ * close DAO
+ */
+ public void close(TRANS trans);
+
+ /**
+ * Return name of referenced Data
+ * @return
+ */
+ public String table();
+
+
+}