001 /** 002 * Copyright (c) 2000-2011 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved. 003 * 004 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Liferay Enterprise 005 * Subscription License ("License"). You may not use this file except in 006 * compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy of the License by 007 * contacting Liferay, Inc. See the License for the specific language governing 008 * permissions and limitations under the License, including but not limited to 009 * distribution rights of the Software. 010 * 011 * 012 * 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 }