fetch or create method

[Balaji]

I am looking for a method which would try to retrieve a single record and if it is not available, the record is created and returned.  If such method is there, pls let me know. Otherwise, I am planning to add the following code in the manager.java.vm

    public $beanClass loadUniqueOrInsertUsingTemplate($beanClass bean) throws DAOException
    {
         $beanClass[] beans = this.loadUsingTemplate(bean);
         if (beans.length == 0)
             return save(bean);
         if (beans.length > 1)
             throw new ObjectRetrievalException("More than one element !!");
         return beans[0];
     }

Just made a minor modification to loadUniqueUsingTemplate(); changed the "return null" into "return save(bean)".  I guess this will work; if you think there might be issues, please let me know.

Thanks
Balaji

[nfdavenport]

Sounds to me like something that should be in a transaction or sychronized or whatever, otherwise you will get duplicates created under load.