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<T extends ReferenceBase> extends IIdentifiableEntityService<T> {
  21 //public interface IReferenceService extends IIdentifiableEntityService<ReferenceBase> {
  22
  23         /** Finds reference by UUID **/
  24         public abstract ReferenceBase getReferenceByUuid(UUID uuid);
  25
  26         /** Finds reference by title **/
  27         public List<T> getReferencesByTitle(String title);
  28
  29         /** Gets all references **/
  30         public abstract List<ReferenceBase> getAllReferences(int limit, int start);
  31
  32 //      public abstract UUID saveReference(ReferenceBase reference);
  33
  34         /** Saves a reference and return its UUID **/
  35         public abstract UUID saveReference(T reference);
  36
  37 //      public abstract Map<UUID, ReferenceBase> saveReferenceAll(Collection<ReferenceBase> referenceCollection);
  38
  39         /** Saves a collection of references **/
  40         public abstract Map<UUID, T> saveReferenceAll(Collection<T> referenceCollection);
  41
  42 }