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why do we need java interfaces for DAOs

 
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I wanted to ask,

why do we need java interfaces for DAOs? I mean instead of coming through CustomerDAOInterface, if I access CustomerDAO directly from sessionbean/service-layer, what's wrong with it? If I need to add a new method in future, I can still add it to CustomerDAO, if I need to change a method in CustomerDAO I can do that. If I need to use a different persistence package I still will be working with CustomerDAO class only in both the cases.

So why should I use interface for DAO classes?


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The idea is that this way you could choose at runtime which DAO implementation to use.

A common use is to use a different DAO implementation for unit testing (for example by using DAO mocks). It would also make it possible to have, say an OracleCustomerDao, MsSqlCustomerDao, XmlCustomerDao, etc. pp.
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