3 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
4 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
5 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
7 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
8 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
11 package eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.api
.service
;
14 import java
.util
.Enumeration
;
15 import java
.util
.List
;
16 import java
.util
.Locale
;
18 import java
.util
.UUID
;
20 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.api
.service
.config
.TermDeletionConfigurator
;
21 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.api
.service
.pager
.Pager
;
22 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.common
.DefinedTermBase
;
23 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.common
.Language
;
24 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.common
.LanguageString
;
25 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.common
.LanguageStringBase
;
26 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.common
.Representation
;
27 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.location
.NamedArea
;
28 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.location
.NamedAreaLevel
;
29 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.location
.NamedAreaType
;
30 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.model
.media
.Media
;
31 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.persistence
.dao
.IBeanInitializer
;
32 import eu
.etaxonomy
.cdm
.persistence
.query
.OrderHint
;
34 public interface ITermService
extends IIdentifiableEntityService
<DefinedTermBase
> {
37 * Returns a term according to it's uri
41 public DefinedTermBase
getByUri(URI uri
);
43 public UUID
saveLanguageData(LanguageStringBase languageData
);
45 public List
<LanguageString
> getAllLanguageStrings(int limit
, int start
);
47 public List
<Representation
> getAllRepresentations(int limit
, int start
);
49 public Language
getLanguageByIso(String iso639
);
51 public List
<Language
> getLanguagesByLocale(Enumeration
<Locale
> locales
);
53 public NamedArea
getAreaByTdwgAbbreviation(String tdwgAbbreviation
);
56 * Returns a paged list of Media that represent a given DefinedTerm instance
58 * @param definedTerm the definedTerm represented by these media
59 * @param pageSize The maximum number of media returned (can be null for all related media)
60 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
61 * @return a Pager of media instances
63 public Pager
<Media
> getMedia(DefinedTermBase definedTerm
, Integer pageSize
, Integer pageNumber
);
66 * Returns a paged list of NamedArea instances (optionally filtered by type or level)
68 * @param level restrict the result set to named areas of a certain level (can be null)
69 * @param type restrict the result set to named areas of a certain type (can be null)
70 * @param pageSize The maximum number of namedAreas returned (can be null for all named areas)
71 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
72 * @return a Pager of named areas
74 public Pager
<NamedArea
> list(NamedAreaLevel level
, NamedAreaType type
, Integer pageSize
, Integer pageNumber
, List
<OrderHint
> orderHints
, List
<String
> propertyPaths
);
77 * Return a paged list of terms which are specializations of a given definedTerm
79 * @param definedTerm The term which is a generalization of the terms returned
80 * @param pageSize The maximum number of terms returned (can be null for all specializations)
81 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
82 * @return a Pager of DefinedTerms
84 public <T
extends DefinedTermBase
> Pager
<T
> getGeneralizationOf(T definedTerm
, Integer pageSize
, Integer pageNumber
);
87 * Return a paged list of distinct terms which include the terms supplied
89 * @param definedTerms the set of terms which are part of the terms of interest
90 * @param pageSize The maximum number of terms returned (can be null for all terms)
91 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
92 * @param propertyPaths properties to initialize - see {@link IBeanInitializer#initialize(Object, List)}
93 * @return a Pager of DefinedTerms
95 public <T
extends DefinedTermBase
> Pager
<T
> getPartOf(Set
<T
> definedTerms
, Integer pageSize
, Integer pageNumber
, List
<String
> propertyPaths
);
98 * Return a paged list of terms which are part of the terms supplied
100 * @param definedTerms the set of terms which include the terms of interest
101 * @param pageSize The maximum number of terms returned (can be null for all terms)
102 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
103 * @param propertyPaths properties to initialize - see {@link IBeanInitializer#initialize(Object, List)}
104 * @return a Pager of DefinedTerms
106 public <T
extends DefinedTermBase
> Pager
<T
> getIncludes(Set
<T
> definedTerms
, Integer pageSize
, Integer pageNumber
, List
<String
> propertyPaths
);
109 * Return a paged list of terms which have representations that match the supplied string in the text (description)
111 * @param label a string to match (exactly)
112 * @param pageSize The maximum number of terms returned (can be null for all terms)
113 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
114 * @return a Pager of DefinedTerms
116 public <T
extends DefinedTermBase
> Pager
<T
> findByRepresentationText(String label
, Class
<T
> clazz
, Integer pageSize
, Integer pageNumber
);
119 * Return a paged list of terms which have representations that match the supplied string in the abbreviated label
121 * @param label a string to match (exactly)
122 * @param pageSize The maximum number of terms returned (can be null for all terms)
123 * @param pageNumber The offset (in pageSize chunks) from the start of the result set (0 - based)
124 * @return a Pager of DefinedTerms
126 public <T
extends DefinedTermBase
> Pager
<T
> findByRepresentationAbbreviation(String abbrev
, Class
<T
> clazz
, Integer pageSize
, Integer pageNumber
);
136 * @param propertyPaths
139 public <TERM
extends DefinedTermBase
> List
<TERM
> listByTermClass(Class
<TERM
> clazz
, Integer limit
, Integer start
, List
<OrderHint
> orderHints
, List
<String
> propertyPaths
);
142 * Delete the given term according to the given delete configuration.
143 * In case a problem occurrs while deleting the term the result will reflect this
145 * @param term the term to delete
146 * @param config the configurator
147 * @return DeleteResult which holds the status of the deletion.
149 public DeleteResult
delete(DefinedTermBase term
, TermDeletionConfigurator config
);