DATACMNS-19 - Refactored return type for Repository.findAll(…) and according methods to return Iterable instead of List.

spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/PagingAndSortingRepository.java

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.data.repository;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ public interface PagingAndSortingRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> extends
      * @param sort
      * @return all entities sorted by the given options
      */
-    List<T> findAll(Sort sort);
+    Iterable<T> findAll(Sort sort);
 
 
     /**

spring-data-commons-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/Repository.java

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public interface Repository<T, ID extends Serializable> {
      * @param entities
      * @return
      */
-    List<T> save(Iterable<? extends T> entities);
+    Iterable<T> save(Iterable<? extends T> entities);
 
 
     /**
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public interface Repository<T, ID extends Serializable> {
      * 
      * @return all entities
      */
-    List<T> findAll();
+    Iterable<T> findAll();
 
 
     /**

src/main/resources/changelog.txt

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ Repository
 * Introduced metamodel for entities and repositories (DATACMNS-17)
 * Fixed returning wrong class PersistableEntityMetadata (DATACMNS-19)
 * Introduced infrastructure to post-process RepositoryQuery instances (DATACMNS-18) 
-* Renamed Repository.findById(…) to findOne(…) (DATACMNS-20)
+* Renamed Repository.findById(...) to findOne(É) (DATACMNS-20)
 * Extension module for Spring MVC integration (DATAJPA-19)
+* Changed method signature of Repository.findAll(...) and according methods to Iterable<T> (DATACMNS-21)
 
 Changes in version 1.0.0.M3 (2011-02-09)
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