001 /** 002 * Copyright (c) 2000-2013 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved. 003 * 004 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under 005 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free 006 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) 007 * any later version. 008 * 009 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 010 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 011 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more 012 * details. 013 */ 014 015 package com.liferay.portal.model; 016 017 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException; 018 019 /** 020 * @author Connor McKay 021 */ 022 public interface PersistedModel { 023 024 /** 025 * Updates this model instance in the database or adds it if it does not yet 026 * exist. Also notifies the appropriate model listeners. 027 * 028 * @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred 029 */ 030 public void persist() throws SystemException; 031 032 }