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

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2009 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 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.api.service;
  10
  11 import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.metadata.CdmPreference;
  12
  13 /**
  14  * @author a.mueller
  15  * @created 2013-09-09
  16  */
  17 public interface IPreferenceService {
  18
  19         /**
  20          * Retrieve the best matching value for the given preference key.
  21          * @param key
  22          * @return
  23          */
  24         public CdmPreference get(CdmPreference.PrefKey key);
  25
  26         /**
  27          * Write the value for the preference's key
  28          * @param preference
  29          */
  30         public void set(CdmPreference preference);
  31
  32         /**
  33          * Return the number of all existing cdm preferences
  34          * @return
  35          */
  36         public int count();
  37
  38 }