cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/model/common/ILoadableTerm.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.model.common;
  11
  12 import java.util.List;
  13 import java.util.Map;
  14 import java.util.UUID;
  15
  16 import au.com.bytecode.opencsv.CSVWriter;
  17
  18 public interface ILoadableTerm<T extends IDefinedTerm> {
  19
  20         /**
  21          * Fills the {@link ILoadableTerm term} with contents from a csvLine. If the csvLine represents the default language
  22          * the csvLine attributes are merged into the existing default language and the default Language is returned.
  23          * @param csvLine
  24          * @return
  25          */
  26         public T readCsvLine(Class<T> termClass, List<String> csvLine, Map<UUID,DefinedTermBase> terms);
  27
  28         public  void writeCsvLine(CSVWriter writer, T term);
  29 }