How to build a generic repository

Question

I'm developing a web application in ASP.NET MVC with NHibernate.

Based in articles and tutorials I've found at Google, I'm using Repository for my classes.

I have 10 classes and 10 repositories. Today I figured out that 90% of mine repositories are exactly equal each other, except for the class. This is one example:

public class PromocaoRepository:IPromocaoRepository {
    private ISession Session;

    public PromocaoRepository() {
        this.Session = NHibernateSessionFactory.OpenSession();
    }

    public void Add(Promocao promocao) {
        using(ITransaction transaction = this.Session.BeginTransaction()) {
            this.Session.Save(promocao);
            transaction.Commit();
        }
    }

    public void Edit(Promocao promocao) {
        using(ITransaction transaction = this.Session.BeginTransaction()) {
            this.Session.Update(promocao);
            transaction.Commit();
        }
    }

    public void Remove(Promocao promocao) {
        using(ITransaction transaction = this.Session.BeginTransaction()) {
            this.Session.Delete(promocao);
            transaction.Commit();
        }
    }

    public Promocao GetById(int id) {
        return this.Session.Get<Promocao>(id);
    }

}

There is a way to do a kind of generic repository witch I can use in all my classes?

If it's possible, what should I do in case I need to create a particular method for an specific class?

Answer 1

From another thread:

public interface IRepository<T> : IQueryable<T>
{
  void Add(T entity);
  T Get(Guid id);
  void Remove(T entity);
}

public class Repository<T> : IQueryable<T>
{
  private readonly ISession session;

  public Repository(ISession session)
  {
    session = session;
  }

  public Type ElementType
  {
    get { return session.Query<T>().ElementType; }
  }

  public Expression Expression
  {
    get { return session.Query<T>().Expression; }
  }

  public IQueryProvider Provider
  {
    get { return session.Query<T>().Provider; } 
  }  

  public void Add(T entity)
  {
    session.Save(entity);
  }

  public T Get(Guid id)
  {
    return session.Get<T>(id);
  }

  IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
  {
    return this.GetEnumerator();
  }

  public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator()
  {
    return session.Query<T>().GetEnumerator();
  }

  public void Remove(T entity)
  {
    session.Delete(entity);
  }   
}

• Wrapping up nHibernate in repositories

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  That being said, you should take a look at S#arp Architecture, which already helps you with this repetitive process using Dependency Injection.