Package com.mirna.hospitalmanagementapi.domain.services

Interface PatientService

All Known Implementing Classes:

PatientServiceImpl

public interface PatientService

Patient service interface for managing patient information.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Mirna Gama

See Also:

• Patient

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Patient	addPatient(PatientDTO patientDTO)	Adds a new patient to the repository.
Patient	findPatientById(Long id)	Finds a stored patient by id.

Method Details

addPatient

Patient addPatient(PatientDTO patientDTO)

Adds a new patient to the repository.

Parameters:

patientDTO - A data transfer object representing a patient to add.

Returns:

The saved patient if successful, or null if there is an error.

findPatientById

Patient findPatientById(Long id)

Finds a stored patient by id.

Parameters:

id - A long representing the patient's unique identifier

Returns:

The corresponding patient if successful, or null if it is non-existent.