cdmlib-services/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/api/service/IReferenceService.java

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   3 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   4 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   5 *
   6 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   7 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   8 */
   9
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service;
  11
  12 import java.util.Collection;
  13 import java.util.List;
  14 import java.util.UUID;
  15 import java.util.Map;
  16
  17 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.reference.ReferenceBase;
  18
  19
  20 public interface IReferenceService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<ReferenceBase>{
  21
  22         /** find reference by UUID**/
  23         public abstract ReferenceBase getReferenceByUuid(UUID uuid);
  24
  25         /** save a reference and return its UUID**/
  26         public abstract UUID saveReference(ReferenceBase reference);
  27
  28         /** save a collection of  reference and return its UUID**/
  29         public abstract Map<UUID, ReferenceBase> saveReferenceAll(Collection<ReferenceBase> referenceCollection);
  30
  31         public abstract List<ReferenceBase> getAllReferences(int limit, int start);
  32
  33
  34 }