I was asked to create documentation of classes in the business logic module of a project. I noticed that there was a pattern on how the classes where created. The pattern looks like this
public class AModel(){
//fields
//getter and setters
}
public class AService(){
public void processA(AModel model){
//creates instance of AModel, assigns values to fields
//calls ADaoService methods
}
}
public class ADaoService(){
//has methods which call ADao methods
//sample
public AModel retrieveById(long id){
log.debug(...);
return (ADao.retrieveById(id));
}
}
public class ADAo(){
//has entityManager and some query
public AModel retrieveById(long id){
return((AModel) entityManager.find(AModel.class, id));
}
}
What I don't understand is why does AService calls ADaoService methods instead of just calling ADao methods since ADaoService methods are just calling ADao methods. It seems to me that ADaoService was just a waste of code. They are usign Hibernate and JBoss server. I'm just new to this type of architecture. Hope someone can help me understand. Thanks.
