<?php
/**
 * Copyright 2009, 2010 AEGEE-Europe
 *
 * This file is part of AEGEE-Europe Online Membership System.
 *
 * AEGEE-Europe Online Membership System is free software: you can
 * redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
 * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * AEGEE-Europe Online Membership System is distributed in the hope
 * that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
 * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with AEGEE-Europe Online Membership System.  If not, see
 * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */


require_once(FILESYSTEMROOTPATH."jc/include/dao/CandidatesDao.php");

class CandidatesService {
	private $candidatesDao;

	/**
	 * Default constructor
	 *
	 * @param CandidatesDao
	 */
	public function __construct(CandidatesDao $candidatesDao) {
		$this->candidatesDao = $candidatesDao;
	}

	/**
	 * Load a candidate by id
	 *
	 * @param string id of the candidate to be loaded
	 * @return a candidates object
	 */
	public function load($id) {
		return $this->candidatesDao->load($id);
	}

	/**
	 * Load candidates by election_id
	 *
	 * @return array of candidates
	 */
	public function loadByElection($election_id) {
		return $this->candidatesDao->loadByElection($election_id);
	}
	
	
	public function delete($candidate){
		return $this->candidatesDao->delete($candidate);
	}
	
		/**
	 * Save or update candidate:
	 * 
	 * @param candidate object
	 * @return boolean [success or fail]
	 */
	public function saveOrUpdate($candidate){
		return $this->candidatesDao->saveOrUpdate($candidate);
	}

}

?>