cdmlib-persistence/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/database/update/ITermUpdater.java

   1 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.database.update;
   2
   3 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.common.IProgressMonitor;
   4 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.database.ICdmDataSource;
   5
   6 public interface ITermUpdater {
   7
   8         /**
   9          * Invokes this CDM term updater
  10          * @return
  11          */
  12         boolean invoke(ICdmDataSource datasource, IProgressMonitor monitor);
  13         /**
  14          * Returns the previous CDM term updater
  15          * @return
  16          */
  17         public ITermUpdater getPreviousUpdater();
  18
  19         /**
  20          * Returns the next CDM term updater
  21          * @return
  22          */
  23         public ITermUpdater getNextUpdater();
  24
  25         /**
  26          * Returns the number of steps to run to update the datasource
  27          * to the term version this term updater is updating to.
  28          * This includes needed steps in previous updaters.
  29          * @see #getPreviousUpdater()
  30          * @return number of steps
  31          */
  32         int countSteps(ICdmDataSource datasource);
  33
  34
  35
  36 }